Word – Making MS Word show a dialog asking for document properties

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I have created a MS Word template depending on document properties. Is it possible to enable some sort of a flag in the document to make Word show the document properties dialog whenever a file is created using my template?

I don't prefer macros, as they would cause a warning dialog to appear. Is there a different way?

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This is not at document creation, but rather at the first save event, and is merely a setting, not a macro.

Word 97-2003 you can check Tools>Options>Save> Prompt for document properties, and the properties dialog will display before saving.

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I had the same problem. I found it was due to IntegriSign.dot, an electronic signiture pad. Once uninstalled, problem finally stopped. It would also change the date on the file from its creation date to today's date, which messes up my ability to find files by date.

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