I was using Word as the Outlook editor. I changed that setting in Outlook.
However, if I have another Word document open, then I still get the
"Normal.dot in use" message as described above. When Word was my Outlook
editor, I got the "Normal.dot in use" message even if I didn't already have
another Word document open.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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Are you using Word as your email editor in Outlook?

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Roger Marrs" wrote in message
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No, this is a different issue. Word tells me that Normal.dot is in use.
This happens even though Normal.dot is not in my startup folder.
Normal.dot
is in the default .../Word/Templates folder.

Our office has a file folder on a shared network drive where a Word
Document
Template file is stored. In Options File Locations everyones Word
application is set to that file folder on the shared drive as the
location
for the startup folder. It's my understanding that in order to make a
template file available as an add-in, then the file path for the Startup
Folder has to be set to the location where that document template is
saved.

Out of 15 + users, only I have problems with Normal.dot being in use
when
I
use Word.

Now that I've corrected the file path for my user templates, my settings
in
File Locations are the same as every other user in the office. Everyone
in
the office launches Word from the same third party software. I am the
only
person who gets the "Normal.dot is in use" message. It's really
frustrating.

Roger

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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Is this not the same issue we've already solved?

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Roger Marrs" wrote in message
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I am getting a dialog box stating that Normal.dot is already in use
by
another user or application. I only get this message if I already
have
a
word document open and then launch Word from a third party
application.
When I try to close the word document launched from the third party
application, I get the dialog box about Normal.dot. I've been
running
the
third party application for several months without any problems. So
I'm
wondering whether there is some setting within Word that I modified
that
I
shouldn't have that has caused this problem.

Roger Marrs