Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 2007, 2010, and 2013. If you are using an earlier version (Word 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Word, click here: Inserting the Document Revision Number.
Every time you save a document in Word, the information in the document properties is updated. Part of the information is a count of how many times the file has been saved. This is referred to as the revision number. You can insert the revision number in your documents and have it updated automatically, if you so desire. To insert the revision number in your document, follow these steps:
Figure 1. The Field dialog box.
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2019-05-19 16:47:50
Ferran Hermosa
Revnum seemed an useful field trying to have an automatic release information, but I'm experiencing problems due its high grow value rate when autosave is enabled: Updating that field (placed on cover, headers..) it's a nightmare... In few seconds of whole doc update trying (CTRL-A select scope does not include headers/footers) it's common to result in differing by that fast increasing count.
I've not found any comment about that, I suspect that 'This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of features….'
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