Today at 1:30pm, Evan McNabb said: >I've never understood this, so I'll finally ask the question. If I save >a document and then print it, almost every word processor I've ever used >(Word, OOo, etc) records there was a change to the file and then wants >you to save it again. Why does this happen?
The place I notice this most is when I've got a footer (etc) that has a reference to the filename. If you do a "Save As...", it doesn't update the filename in the footer until you print it, and that means there's a new change to save. When that isn't the case, if it still happens, my bet is that the metadata about the file has changed. Word is terrible when it comes to how much junk it saves in your file. If you have ever looked at the binary of a .doc file (i.e. with 'less'), there's tons of personal junk that goes into every file, right down to the printer(s) that you are using. An experiment you could try: 1. Save your word doc 2. Print a copy 3. Try to close it, but if it complains about saving changes, don't close 4. Save the "changed" version under a new name. 5. diff the original with the "changed" version If a normal diff gives too much output to utilize, try stripping out the extra binary with 'strings file1.doc > file1.str', do the same to file2, and then diff the string files. I'm curious to know what the difference is too. Mac -- Mac Newbold MNE - Mac Newbold Enterprises, LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.macnewbold.com/ ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
