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WD98: Title Bar File Name Not Updated Using ActiveWindow.Caption

Article ID: 183994

Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006

Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q183994

SYMPTOMS

When you use the ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.Caption statement in a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro, Word fails to update the title bar when you save the document with a new name. Word saves the document but does not update the title bar.

When you close and reopen the document, the title bar displays the correct file name.

WORKAROUND

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To work around this problem, use one of the following methods:

Do not use the Caption argument to set a caption on the title bar. -or-
Close and reopen the file.

STATUS

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

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

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