Nov 7 2005
Q: I have noticed that some of the Word that I receive have the location to where they are saved in the footer (Ex. K:\Legal Documents\Clients\Franklin-Templeton\AnnualContract.doc). I would really like to have the same on my Word documents. How do you set this up?
A: This series of drives & folders that a specific file is saved is called a Path.
To Print the Path in the Footer in a Word document:
1. Open the document
2. View > Header and Footer
3. Switch to the Footer (you can do this by scrolling down the screen)
4. Place the Mouse in the Footer then click once (this brings the cursor into the Footer)
5. Insert > Field...
In the 'Field Names:' field
6. Select 'FileName'
7. Select 'Add path to fieldname'
8. Click 'OK'
9. Change the formatting of the Path to something appropriate (usually a smaller font)
10. Click the 'Close' button on the Header and Footer toolbar
