We have a number of document libraries with meta data enforced using Content Types. When the document is edited and saved some of the meta data is lost, and has to be re-entered. This seems to affect the choice field 'security classification'. All users seem to be getting the same problem. I saw a thread mentioning that this could be due to a problem with the IE temporary cache, so I tried clearing all temporary files, but the problem still recurred. Server Build / Version: WSS3.0, Windows 2008, SQL 2005 Desktop Build / Versions: Windows XP Pro, Office 2003, Internet Explorer 6 SP3 or IE7Ruth, UK

Hi Ruth, After looking into some internal cases, I found issue that metadata are lost when saving word document from a SharePoint document library in Office 2003 is coming from a custom document library template. Seems that it can be fixed by adding ReadOnly="TRUE” to ContentType field. Did you create custom library template that have metadata in content types? Hope it helps. Thanks & Regards. Lily Wu TechNet Subscriber Support in forum If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.comLily Wu