This is a "Word" question. I always insert the filename and path into
a document for ease in retrieval. If I call up a document, use it at
the form for another document, the save it with a new name (a
distinguished from the name of the orignial "form" I pulled up), the
footer does not automatically change to the new file name. My old
version of Word did make the change automatically. Is there a way to
causet the file name in the footer to automatically change each time
the document is saved with a new name?

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Request for Question Clarification by maniac-ga on 21 Jul 2004 17:54 PDT

Hello Jay_at_flf,

Hmm. Can you confirm you are using a "Field" from
  Insert -> Field
  and then selecting Document Information, then Filename
  (append \p if you want the full path)
to specify the filename?

If not, I'll suggest that as an answer [plus the following].
If so, may be some preferences that will automatically update the
field value that you had set in a previous version that I can walk you
through in the new version of Word.

  --Maniac

My version of Word (2002) does the same thing.  After some
experimentation, I found I could trick Word into automatically
updating the field by setting up the file as a faux mail merge
document:

- Under Tools/Letters and Mailings, check 'Show Mail Merge Toolbar'
- Click 'Open Data Source' (should be the 2nd button on the toolbar)
and select a dummy data file - practically any Word, Excel or txt file
will do
- Now save the document with a new name ... the change is not
immediately reflected but when you close and reopen the document the
file name field should update.

Hope this helps!

Word fields update (nicely and easily) on 3 events:

Print
Print Preview
Ctrl+A (select all), then F9 (update)

You can also right-click any field and choose Update.

If you hate any of those options, you can create a shortcut key to
update any document currently in focus on your PC. Here's how:

1. Open Word.
2. Hit Alt+F11 to open the Visual Basic Editor.
3. On the left, select Project normal.
4. From the menu, choose Insert-Module.
5. On the right-hand side of the screen, paste the code that is shown
between the lines below:

---start code---
Sub UpDt()
    Selection.WholeStory
    Selection.Fields.Update
End Sub
---end code---

6. Hit the SAVE diskette button and close the Visual Basic Editor
window by clicking the X.
7. In the regular Word window, hit Tools-Customize.
8. Choose the Commands tab, and then the Keyboard button.
9. On the left, choose Macros.
10. On the right, make sure UpDt is highlighted.
11. Type a shortcut key to use for running your macro; I suggest Alt+U.
12. Hit Assign, and close the window.

You must ensure that macros are enabled via Tools-Macro-Security,
choose Trusted Sources tab, and make sure "Trust all installed addins
and templates" is checked, which I believe is checked by default.

I hope this helps!