Troubleshooting with Word template & footer?

I found the answer to my question about how to set up an automatic footer in my word documents as posted by another user:



';First, the basic procedure.



1. In the header or footer, click the Insert-%26gt;Field.

2. Scroll down and select FileName.

3. Check the Add Path to Filename check box.

4. Click OK.



Now, if you've already gone that route but want it on all future documents, do this:



1.Close all open copies of Word.

2.Open Word.

3.Click on the File-%26gt;Save As menu item.

4.In the ';File of Type'; list box, scroll down to Document Templates and select it. The directory should change and there should be a Normal.dot file in it. DON橳 SAVE THE FILE. Press Cancel instead.

5.Click on the File-%26gt;Open menu item.

6.Select Normal.dot. Normal.dot should become your open document.

7.Do the previous sequence here.

8.Save the file with File-%26gt;Save. You may get a warning message about the Global template having been changed. This is OK. Click Yes.

9.Close Word';



BUT... despite following these instructions carefully I'm having some problems.



The first is that have inserted ';Author'; into the footer but it shows up as blank in the template. When I open a new document (not the template for editing) and do the same procedure of inserting ';Author'; into the footer it show up correctly with my name.



The second is that I inserted ';file name'; into the template and it shows up as 'Normal' which is fine because that is the name of the file. But when I open a new document and save it as, say 'myfile1' the footer does not automatically update and still shows 'Normal' as the file name. If I manually go in and delete it an re-insert ';file name'; it works.



Any suggestions for fixing these problems?

Thanks!!Troubleshooting with Word template %26amp; footer?
You should be able to force Word to update those fields, and any others, on new documents this way:



1. Press CTRL/A to select the entire document.

2. Right-click in the selection and select (if it appears) Update Field.

3. Click in the Header and repeat the above steps.

4. Do it again in the Footer.



Hope that helps.