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Lori''s Little Secret - 19 Feb 2008 21:07 GMT

I have a friend with Word 2003, and when he typs a word document, it
automatically inserts the file path name. How did he get this and how can he
remove it? He wouldn't care, except for now, it is showing the wrong path
name! And I am incurably nosy and want to know...

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Jay Freedman - 19 Feb 2008 21:31 GMT

> I have a friend with Word 2003, and when he typs a word document, it
> automatically inserts the file path name. How did he get this and
> how can he remove it? He wouldn't care, except for now, it is
> showing the wrong path name! And I am incurably nosy and want to
> know...

Whatever template he's using (probably Normal.dot) has a {Filename \p} field
in the footer (to see the code of the field, press Alt+F9; press it again to
return to the result).

To remove it from a specific document, double-click the file name to open
the footer pane, select the field, and press Delete. To remove it from the
template, you have to open the template itself (through File > Open) and
remove the field from it.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 19 Feb 2008 21:33 GMT

Presumably there is a { FILENAME \p } field in the footer. View | Header and
Footer, Switch to Footer, select the field, and delete it. If he's getting
this in every new document, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm

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Words into Type
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>I have a friend with Word 2003, and when he typs a word document, it
> automatically inserts the file path name. How did he get this and how can
> he
> remove it? He wouldn't care, except for now, it is showing the wrong path
> name! And I am incurably nosy and want to know...

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