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Word 2003 and normal.dot
I just recently upgraded to Word 2003 and have noticed that normal.dot appears at the top of the recently used file list all the time. Also, word is very slow to close as it always flashes to a blank document (normal.dot I think) a couple of times then closes altogether.
I think this started happening when I changed the location of where word looks for normal.dot. I have changed it back to the original location but the same thing is still happening. Thanks for any help Scott Scott Schaffer ITSA Olive Waller Zinkhan & Waller |
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Word 2003 and normal.dot
Start by checking the box for "Prompt to save Normal template" on the Save
tab of Tools | Options so that Word will have to ask you before it can save Normal.dot. Then look for the poorly written add-in (for that's almost certainly the culprit) that is causing this behavior. Common offenders are the Office Plug-in in Norton AntiVirus and the Microsoft Works Suite Add-in for Word. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...sInstalled.htm and “Word prompts me to save changes to the Normal.dot template” at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...514521033.aspx -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Scott Schaffer" wrote in message ... I just recently upgraded to Word 2003 and have noticed that normal.dot appears at the top of the recently used file list all the time. Also, word is very slow to close as it always flashes to a blank document (normal.dot I think) a couple of times then closes altogether. I think this started happening when I changed the location of where word looks for normal.dot. I have changed it back to the original location but the same thing is still happening. Thanks for any help Scott Scott Schaffer ITSA Olive Waller Zinkhan & Waller |
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Word 2003 and normal.dot
Found it or them.
Omnipage and paperport both installed some add-ins that seem to be causing the problem. The articles you gave links for were quite helpful, as were you. Thank you very much. Scott Schaffer Scott Schaffer ITSA Olive Waller Zinkhan & Waller Suzanne S. 01/20/06 11:14am Start by checking the box for "Prompt to save Normal template" on the Save tab of Tools | Options so that Word will have to ask you before it can save Normal.dot. Then look for the poorly written add-in (for that's almost certainly the culprit) that is causing this behavior. Common offenders are the Office Plug-in in Norton AntiVirus and the Microsoft Works Suite Add-in for Word. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...sInstalled.htm and “Word prompts me to save changes to the Normal.dot template” at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...514521033.aspx -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Scott Schaffer" wrote in message ... I just recently upgraded to Word 2003 and have noticed that normal.dot appears at the top of the recently used file list all the time. Also, word is very slow to close as it always flashes to a blank document (normal.dot I think) a couple of times then closes altogether. I think this started happening when I changed the location of where word looks for normal.dot. I have changed it back to the original location but the same thing is still happening. Thanks for any help Scott Scott Schaffer ITSA Olive Waller Zinkhan & Waller |
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Word 2003 and normal.dot
Glad I could help.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Scott Schaffer" wrote in message ... Found it or them. Omnipage and paperport both installed some add-ins that seem to be causing the problem. The articles you gave links for were quite helpful, as were you. Thank you very much. Scott Schaffer Scott Schaffer ITSA Olive Waller Zinkhan & Waller Suzanne S. 01/20/06 11:14am Start by checking the box for "Prompt to save Normal template" on the Save tab of Tools | Options so that Word will have to ask you before it can save Normal.dot. Then look for the poorly written add-in (for that's almost certainly the culprit) that is causing this behavior. Common offenders are the Office Plug-in in Norton AntiVirus and the Microsoft Works Suite Add-in for Word. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...sInstalled.htm and “Word prompts me to save changes to the Normal.dot template” at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...514521033.aspx -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Scott Schaffer" wrote in message ... I just recently upgraded to Word 2003 and have noticed that normal.dot appears at the top of the recently used file list all the time. Also, word is very slow to close as it always flashes to a blank document (normal.dot I think) a couple of times then closes altogether. I think this started happening when I changed the location of where word looks for normal.dot. I have changed it back to the original location but the same thing is still happening. Thanks for any help Scott Scott Schaffer ITSA Olive Waller Zinkhan & Waller |
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