Word Keeps asking me to save documents when closing

[dovjm]

Version: v.X Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) I sometimes open a word document and make no changes and close the document, but it still asks me if I want to save the changes. Now this is confusing since I made no changes. Would appreciate some help.

 

[CyberTaz]

That suggests that the file contains fields or links that are updating when
the file is opened. One common example is when the Date has been inserted to
Update Automatically rather than as a static date. There are a number of
other possibilities as well but if the changes aren't problematic there's no
need for concern. If they are a problem you'll need to supply details about
the document in order to determine how to best deal with it.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Phillip Jones, C.E.T.]

Another possibility you have set to warn when you make a change that
affect the normal template.

 

[Tigerlilly]

Since I've installed Windows 2008, Word ALWAYS asks me wheter I wanted to save a document when I close it - even if I have no active fields planted and REALLY changed nothing!

And even worse: Whenever I want to save a document Word asks me whether I want to save changes in the dot-template, too - even though I have not changed anything in the dot. This questions returns whenever I save the document - which might quite often. It drives me crazy - how can I stop it?

 

[John McGhie]

Ah hah! There's your problem! The dreaded Windows 2008. It was so bad
that Microsoft never offered it for sale...

Seriously, I think you mean Word 2008.

When you start Word, it will always present you with a blank document.
Unless you use that blank document, or dismiss it immediately, it will
always ask if you want to save it on quit.

If you want to fix that, you need to dismiss the blank document as the first
thing you do.

Word makes constant writes to the Normal.dotm template while it is working:
it's a scratch-pad for various settings. So Normal will almost always need
saving when you quit.

In Word>Preferences>Save, you can turn off the "Prompt to save Normal
template" and if you do, it will just go ahead and save when it needs to.

Hope this helps

Since I've installed Windows 2008, Word ALWAYS asks me wheter I wanted to save
a document when I close it - even if I have no active fields planted and
REALLY changed nothing!

And even worse: Whenever I want to save a document Word asks me whether I want
to save changes in the dot-template, too - even though I have not changed
anything in the dot. This questions returns whenever I save the document -
which might quite often. It drives me crazy - how can I stop it?

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[CyberTaz]

Hi Tigerlilly;

Make certain you have Office 2008 fully updated (12.2.3 is current) & that
you've repaired disk permissions.

If you continue to have the same behavior you need to provide more specific
information about version & update level of your software & OS as well as
the file format & source of the documents involved. There are a number of
'transparent' changes that could be taking place if you do *anything* other
than open, read then close the file... For example, if the file was last
printed or previewed using a different printer driver than what you
currently have selected, just switching to Print Preview constitutes a
change in the document because an internal update is made based on the
current driver info. Accurate descriptive details are an absolute necessity
for anyone to be able to help resolve most issues.

Also ‹ for future reference ‹ it is always better to post your issue as a
NEW message rather than as a REPLY to another post.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac