Suzanne
Thu Jan 26 08:44:16 CST 2006
Looks like your field braces have become converted to unreadable characters
(if this is what you see when you press Alt+F9). This suggests that the
document is corrupt. If the option is available, try using Open and Repair;
otherwise, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Paul D" <paul@net.com> wrote in message
news:odSdnfYWaL_7RUXeRVn-qw@giganews.com...
> Hi,
> I have the following in a document header / footer or if I try to insert
> autotext anywhere in the document
> AUTHOR Page PAGE DATE
>
> This is another try in the footer:
>
> {DATE\@M/d/yyyy} FILENAME \p
>
> The date prints fine "1/26/2006" but the file name and path prints "
> FILENAME \p "
>
> Thanks a lot
>
> Paul
>
>
>