TITLE Field in Subdocument Displays Master Document Filename

• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0

SYMPTOMS

A TITLE field in a Word for Windows subdocument displays the filename of the master document when you open the subdocument from within the master document.

Note: The behavior of the TITLE field in a subdocument is inconsistent with that of the AUTHOR field, in which Word retains the subdocument value of the AUTHOR field, even when you open the subdocument from within the master document.

STATUS

We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

WORKAROUNDS

Method 1: Lock or Unlink the TITLE field.

          a. Open the subdocument as a standalone document (in other
             words, do not open it from within the master document).

          b. Update the TITLE field so it displays the title of the
             subdocument.

          c. Lock the field by selecting it and pressing CTRL+F11, or by
             adding the Lock Result (\!) switch to the field, as shown in
             the following sample:

                { TITLE \! }

             -or-

             Unlink the field by selecting it and pressing CTRL+SHIFT+F9.

          subdocument somewhere near the top of each subdocument and format
          the text using a style that applies white color font formatting.
          Then use a STYLEREF field to display the title text in the
          subdocument. For example, use a style named Title to apply white
          font formatting to the title (which makes the text invisible in
          the document). Then insert the following field in the subdocument
          where you want the title to appear:

             { STYLEREF "Title" }

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Word User's Guide," version 6.0, pages 538-541