Re: MS Word: Update in the Author Field Is Not Retained

Are you sure that the reversion is not being caused by the DMS. I can tell
you however that in the absence of a DMS, a change to the author is
certainly retained in Word 2007.

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"Hasan" <Hasan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,
I am using MS Office 2003 SP2 with a Document Management System.
WINWORD.exe version number 11.0.6568.0.

When I open Word Documents saved in the DMS and change the Author field
(from the properties dialog-> summary) its not saved. So to replicate:
1. Open DMS Word document
2. Click File->Properties->Summary, change Author, click OK
3. Click File->Properties->Summary, the author has been reverted back to
its
old value.

From my search I understand this was a bug with 2002:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B317281
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=323547

I want to know whether its still a bug in 2003 SP2 and if it is, then do
we
have a hotfix for this (if yes details pls) if no pls give any possible
work
arounds/future hotfix release dates (if any).

P.S. It seems to be a bug with Word only, I have checked PowerPoint and it
looks OK.

Thanks,
Hasan


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