Problem when printing AutoText filenames.

Posted on Jan 05, 2009 under xn--zqqs84h3is.com | edit
  • I am using the Insert AutoText feature to insert the Filename into the footers of my documents. I prefer to use AutoText so that someone doesn't have to type in the filename each time. For the most part, this works great and I use the filename at the bottom of each report in order to reference my digital copies from the printed documents.

    At multiple times during the day, I print from 50 to 100 documents at a time. The problem is that when I print this many documents all at one time, some of the filenames are not printing properly. Instead of printing the actual filename, what comes out is "Document 19", "Document 20", "Document 23" and so on. Not on all of the files, but on some of them.

    I think that the files must be getting renamed and held in memory at some point during the print process. Then the temporary name, Document 19 and so on, is being printed instead of the real filename. This is my guess anyway.

    If I print the files one at a time, they print correctly. But, I print a lot of files and I need to print batches of 100 or even more at a time, so a manual print is not that efficient.

    I have no idea what I can do to correct this problem. Any ideas?


  • It isn't an update problem. Somehow the document is getting renamed to "Document 1, Document 2, etc." when it is printing a batch. If I print one at a time it prints fine.


  • maybe that will work.


  • You misunderstood. That's cool. So... are they templates (DOT files)?

    Try turning off background printing under Tools-->Options, Print tab.


  • Sounds to me like your fields aren't getting a chance to update before printing when you print many. Make sure they update. Here's a few methods.

    http://www.officearticles.com/word/updating_fields_in_microsoft_word.htm







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