Also check Tools>Templates and Addins and see if anything is running in there. What is MSFilter.dot anyway? It may not cause this when you "open" it, but it sure could be causing it since it's in your startup folder (since using a template as a template and opening a template are totally different things)....do you know how it got there and what it is? If you can't locate any fields like Ray suggests, then maybe you need to closely examine the documents where this happens and see if you can find the common denominator. You running Adobe Acrobat? Norton AV? Both of them have plug-ins for Office that can cause this also. Linda Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com ABC Free Ezine ~ Free Ebooks and Tutorials *all outgoing mail scanned by Norton AV. If you got a bug that looks like it came from me, it did NOT! -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ray Blake Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 2:01 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Frequent Save Changes Prompt in Word 2002 The most common culprit for this is a field. If your document has a field for - say - the date of the letter or a 'last printed' time, this will update on openeing and trigger the need for a 'save changes' dialogue. Ray ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************