MS Office '97 SR2 - timestamp fix required

[Dave Lynam]

I'm told that Office 97 SR2 doesn't update one of the
file's timestamps correctly after making a modification on
a file (not sure if this affects just Word or not).
Is there a fix I can apply to make it always update the
modified timestamp after a change has been made to a file?

This is causing a problem as the configuration management
tool I use for controlling documentation development isn't
able to recognise that files have changed as the timestamp
isn't being changed...

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Dave