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  • .dotx doesn't work when opened from Windows Explorer

    From Peter T. Daniels@21:1/5 to SandrH on Tue Nov 3 13:12:53 2020
    They're always "improving" Windows -- and "Office2007 is no longer
    supported." I discovered that when I tried to look something up in
    the Help menu and it refused even to consult the on-disk version
    of Help, which has usually been adequate (there was a way to tell
    it not to look on line for help). So they may have disconnected
    anything that goes directly from Windows to Word2007.

    I can't move up even to Word2013 because the Bibliography Tool is
    not compatible with my customized reference "templates" (and also
    the icons on the QAT are bigger so I can't put onto it all the
    ones I need).

    On Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at 3:31:06 PM UTC-5, SandrH wrote:
    I have a .dotx template with doc-properties fillable fields from the
    quick parts menu, and it works fine when it's opened from the file menu,
    but when opened from Windows Explorer one of the fields doesn't work
    right.

    It pops up a dialogue box just titled at the top "Microsoft Office Word"
    and then the name of the field and an input box. If I write something
    in, whatever I've written will appear after the input field in question,
    and then one of the other input fields is duplicated immediately after
    that, and then that is followed by "Error! Unknown document property name.Error! Unknown document property name.Error! Unknown document
    property name." If I hit "cancel", then the duplicated field and the
    error appear just the same.

    This is for use in a shared office setting (everybody's computers are
    running Office 2007 on Windows 10) and needs to be able to be opened
    from Windows Explorer. If it can't be accessed with a quick doubleclick,
    it stops being useful. Is there a fix for this?

    The other five fields work perfectly, it's only one that's giving an
    error. The field in question has been named "Address 3" and the two
    above it (Address 1 & Address 2) have no issues. I used modified doc-properties fields out of the quick parts menu, rather than general
    text fields from the developer ribbon, in order to duplicate them (page
    2 needs to generate a clone of page 1's fields.)

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  • From Peter T. Daniels@21:1/5 to SandrH on Thu Nov 5 05:02:56 2020
    That suggests something has become corrupted in that particular file.

    Do you have a backup copy?

    On Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at 9:31:09 PM UTC-5, SandrH wrote:
    All of my other documents open just fine from explorer, including other
    dotx templates. It's only this one particular form field that's giving
    me trouble.

    Peter T. Daniels;499493 Wrote:
    They're always "improving" Windows -- and "Office2007 is no longer supported." I discovered that when I tried to look something up in
    the Help menu and it refused even to consult the on-disk version
    of Help, which has usually been adequate (there was a way to tell
    it not to look on line for help). So they may have disconnected
    anything that goes directly from Windows to Word2007.

    I can't move up even to Word2013 because the Bibliography Tool is
    not compatible with my customized reference "templates" (and also
    the icons on the QAT are bigger so I can't put onto it all the
    ones I need).




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    SandrH

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