WD: Document Number Not Incremented Correctly

ID: Q135073

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Word, the document names are not incremented as expected.

Examples: 

   Case 1: When you start Word, the default document does not appear as
           document1. Instead, it is named document2, document3, and so on.

   Case 2: When you create a new document in Word, the new document number
           is not incremented from the previous document number. For
           example, the first document is named document2, the next is
           named document4, and so on.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs when both Word Mail and Word are running.

Examples:

Case 1: You started Word Mail and composed a new message before you started 

        Word.
Case 2: You switched to Word Mail, composed a new message, and then 
        switched back to Word.
When you use Word Mail to compose a mail message, a session of Word is activated. Although no document number appears in the Word Mail Compose Message window, the documents are being numbered. Each new message you create will increment the document number by one. As you switch between Word Mail and Word, and as you create new documents, the documents will be numbered sequentially between both sessions of Word. This behavior is by design.

KBCategory: kbusage KBSubcategory: kbother Additional query words: 7.0 word95 wordmail word mail exchange word7 winword document1 document 1 one first number increases word97 

Keywords          : kbother
Version           : 7.0 7.0a 97
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: February 5, 1998