KB156064 - WD97: Saved File Name Does Not Appear on Document Title Bar

Article ID: 156064

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q156064

SYMPTOMS

The file name of the document does not appear on the document title bar after you save the document.

WORKAROUND

Use one of the following workarounds:

After the Word document has been saved, close and reopen the document. The file name now appears on the document title bar.

NOTE: The caption does not appear on the document title bar when the file is re-opened. The caption is only present when you create a new document from any of the templates that ship with Word.

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Using the Visual Basic Editor, you can remark out the line in the macro code that is causing the file name to not appear on the document title bar. To remark out this line, follow these steps:

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Open the template that is experiencing the problem.

Press ALT+F11 to start the Visual Basic Editor.

Expand the TemplateProject for the template you have opened by clicking on the plus sign next to TemplateProject(templatename).

Expand Microsoft Word Objects by clicking on the plus sign next to Microsoft Word Objects.

Double-click ThisDocument to open the code window.

Type an apostrophe in front of the line of code that reads as follows:
ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.Caption = ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.Caption &" - Report"
The apostrophe comments out the line so that it is not read in the code.

Quit the Visual Basic Editor.

Save the template you have opened.

The file name should now appear on the document title bar when you save a document that has been opened based on one of these templates.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft Word uses a new feature that inserts a caption on the Word document title bar. The caption feature helps you remember what type of template the document is based on. This caption appears whenever a document is created using any of the Word shipped templates.

The file name is not updated on the title bar of the document window when the file is saved. Word saves the document correctly; the title bar is not updated with the correct file name.

The following templates exhibit this problem:

Contemporary Fax.dot
Contemporary Memo.dot
Contemporary Report.dot
Elegant Fax.dot
Elegant Memo.dot
Elegant Report.dot
Fax Wizard.wiz
Memo Wizard.wiz
Newsletter Wizard.wiz
Pleading Wizard.wiz
Professional Fax.dot
Professional Memo.dot
Professional Report.dot
Resume Wizard.wiz

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