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I have solved the issue. Attached is a template that I found on the Internet that does what I want. It’s for Excel, but the module functions as expected in Word.

Vii resulted only when I used the First Cap switch. No switch necessary now.

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I resolved this: I typed Article (instead of ARTICLE) and set the font attribute to all caps. That gave me all caps for level one. When I add level one as a cross-ref, the text is initial cap (Article). Easy enough.

Many thanks!

I have another machine with Win10/Office 365 with the same version number for Word. That does NOT have this new Save Changes dialog box; it has the familiar “Want to save changes?” dialog box. The Microsoft notice stated that “beginning in February 2019” they would start rolling out a feature that included this new dialog box. Apparently it’s a separate item that is not part of the Office 365 update. I’d guess it’s a OneDrive update as the stated purpose is to “make it easier to save to OneDrive.” I’d be happy if they’d make it “easy” to disable OneDrive.

Yes, I’ve checked that and indicated Documents as my preferred default folder. I see the new fancier Save Changes dialog box with Documents as the default, and OneDrive\Documents as item two when I open the Locations menu.

I can live with this, although I dn’t like it. Progress! I still wonder how it landed on my system with Office updates disabled.

Thank you for your help.

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Thanks. I’ve tried all of these things… with no success.

Many thanks for this info. I again tried removing OneDrive. There is no OneDrive icon on my task bar. I clicked OneDrive on Start>All Programs. Nothing happened. I went to Apps and Features and uninstalled OneDrive. It is no longer in the Apps and Features list. Back to Word: this same new dialog displays when I close a document. I signed out in Word. I was then warned that I could not use the application without being signed in so that my Office 365 subscription could be verified. I have deselected the checkbox in File>Options>Save to save by default to OneDrive. That made no difference. I seem to be going around in circles. I don’t use OneDrive, I will never want to use OneDrive, but it can’t be killed!

No, I never want to save to OneDrive. It seems to have become the default. I will delete OneDrive, as I never want to use it. I have had other surprises when AutoSave flipped on after an update, but that is Off now.

I enabled Office Updates and ran the update. My version is now 1905 11629.20196. This unusual Save Changes dialog box still appears.

I do have Windows Updates paused, but Windows forces a resume after about 35 days.

I have other Win10/Office 365 installations. They update Windows/Office in much the same way as the installation at issue. None of them have this dialog box.

I disabled updates using Backstage>Account>Office Updates>Disable Updates.

Yes, I believe it would be a good idea to resume updates and let the next update be applied. My first instinct was to be sure no more updates were applied… to avoid additional unexpected “features.”

I’ll state again that I had Office updates disabled when this new Save Changes dialog box appeared. I disabled updates about a month ago. I did resume updates for Windows 10 several days before I saw this new dialog box. Could a Windows update cause this?

I got the version info above by clicking on the About Word icon on the Account tab of Backstage. I notice that the info next to the About Word icon is slightly different: 1904 11601 20204.

This morning Office updates ran on another machine where I have Office 365 64 bit (Windows 10). I don’t see this unusual Save Changes window there after the update.

My version is 16.0  11601  20174 – 32 bit click to run.

That seems to be the case. One or two of 8 code modules export to a bas file that has the security icon. I built a new template, imported the user forms and modules, save for the locked modules. I inserted new modules of the same name, open the bas file in Notepad, and copied the code into the new module. For the moment, it seems to function as expected. Fingers crossed!

I’ve encountered an interesting twist as I’ve tried to resolve this issue. I’m not sure whether this is the same topic or a new one. I exported the VBA project components yesterday so that I could try building a new template to see if that helped. Today I exported a code module (.bas file) that I modified. Today’s export has a padlock icon on the file in Windows Explorer; yesterday’s did not have. See the attached image. I wonder why some, but not other, bas files would have the little padlock to indicate admin rights. Maybe that’s the issue here that is prompting the SaveAs dialog. I’ve never seen a bas file with the padlock icon. Any idea what that might indicate? (So far, exported user forms (frm files) never have the padlock.) Today is the first time I’ve seen it… but this issue seems to become more and more complex.46875-BAS-files

I started with a chat at the Microsoft website today, and they suggested a speak to a “real person” — after long waits and a couple cut-off calls, I finally (after one hour) spoke to an agent who said they could help me for a fee of $499.