WD97: How to Add Path and File Name to Title Bar of Document

ID: Q184668

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

This article provides a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro that automatically updates the active document's title bar to reflect the current document path and file name.

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To add the saved document file name and path to the active document's title bar, add the following macro code to your FileSave, FileSaveAs, or FileOpen macro:


   With ActiveDocument
      .ActiveWindow.Caption = .Path + "\" + .ActiveWindow.Document.Name
   End With

To modify the default FileSave command, use the following steps:

In a new Word document, point to Macro on the Tools menu, and then click Macros.

In the Macros in list, click Word Commands.

In the Macro Name list, click to select FileSave.

In the Macros in list, click Normal.dot (global template).

NOTE: You can change the Macros in list to a custom template, if you only want to change the macro in a custom template.

Click Create.

In the Visual Basic Editor, add the following macro code to the end of the FileSave macro:


      With ActiveDocument
         .ActiveWindow.Caption = .Path + "\" + .ActiveWindow.Document.Name
      End With

For example, the completed FileSave macro should read as follows:


Sub FileSave()
'
' FileSave Macro
' Saves the active document or template and adds the path
' and file name to document title bar.
'
   ActiveDocument.Save

   With ActiveDocument
      .ActiveWindow.Caption = .Path + "\" + .ActiveWindow.Document.Name
   End With

End Sub

On the File menu, click Close and Return to Microsoft Word.

When you save your document, the file name and path appear in the title bar of the active document window.

NOTE: If you add this sample macro code to your FileOpen macro, and you open a document from the MRU (Most Recently Used) list on the File menu, the document path and file name will not be added to the title bar of the active document window. This is because the File menu MRU list does not use the default FileOpen command in Word to open an existing document.

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

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Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
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