I have a Word 2007 template for papers I have to write up for school. It only contains the title page and the proper standard settings for all the quick markups.
On the title page I have things like "subject", "date", "course", "teacher" etc written in plain text and I replace those when I create a new document based on that template.
I don't know if doing it that way rather than using some kind of input field is the cause for it, but Word keeps asking me if I want to save changes to the template on the following occasions:
- Merely opening the template file and trying to close Word. Not a single thing changed!
- Random times when saving documents based on it, even though nothing at all has changed in the template itself. The dialog is different from the one above, I only get OK and cancel buttons. and there is also a "get help" button.
- Sometimes the same dialog as in the first point (with the exclamation mark) at random times when saving.
Have I done anything wrong? What causes Word to always ask this? I've checked if the .dotx file was read-only but it isn't…
This is about Word 2007 enterprise after a fresh install and all the latest updates / Service Pack, no plugins or external stuff.
Best Answer
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.