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Old April 20th, 2005, 07:16 PM
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Hi all,

Two quick questions about Office/Word 2003.

1. How do I edit the normal.dot template that loads when Word loads? I get
the prompt to save changes to normal.dot, but the changes don't actually get
saved. When I re-open word, the old normal.dot reappears.

2. When I search for "normal.dot" in Word's online help, why does it find no
results?

Thanks,
Phideaux


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Old April 20th, 2005, 08:08 PM
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Question 2 first. Word's help is a mystery to us all.

Question 1. Do you have Acrobat 7 installed? If so write back for
workarounds; this program has a botched Add-In for Word that is the usual
reason that people can't save changes to normal.dot.
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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phideaux wrote in message ...
Hi all,

Two quick questions about Office/Word 2003.

1. How do I edit the normal.dot template that loads when Word loads? I get
the prompt to save changes to normal.dot, but the changes don't actually
get
saved. When I re-open word, the old normal.dot reappears.

2. When I search for "normal.dot" in Word's online help, why does it find
no
results?

Thanks,
Phideaux




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Old April 20th, 2005, 08:16 PM
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I have Acrobat 5.0, My company is just slightly behind the times. We're
using Word 2003 though. :-)

Thanks Charles.


"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
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Question 2 first. Word's help is a mystery to us all.

Question 1. Do you have Acrobat 7 installed? If so write back for
workarounds; this program has a botched Add-In for Word that is the usual
reason that people can't save changes to normal.dot.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

phideaux wrote in message ...
Hi all,

Two quick questions about Office/Word 2003.

1. How do I edit the normal.dot template that loads when Word loads? I

get
the prompt to save changes to normal.dot, but the changes don't actually
get
saved. When I re-open word, the old normal.dot reappears.

2. When I search for "normal.dot" in Word's online help, why does it

find
no
results?

Thanks,
Phideaux






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Old April 20th, 2005, 08:25 PM
Charles Kenyon
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Next likely culprit is some knowitall in IT who kindly replaces your
normal.dot with a standardized version when you log-in.

In any case, consider using a separate custom global template to store your
customizations. See http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm for
step-by-step instructions on moving / sharing / copying / backing-up
customizations including AutoText, AutoCorrect, keyboard assignments,
toolbars, macros, etc.
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

phideaux wrote in message ...
I have Acrobat 5.0, My company is just slightly behind the times. We're
using Word 2003 though. :-)

Thanks Charles.


"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
message ...
Question 2 first. Word's help is a mystery to us all.

Question 1. Do you have Acrobat 7 installed? If so write back for
workarounds; this program has a botched Add-In for Word that is the usual
reason that people can't save changes to normal.dot.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

phideaux wrote in message ...
Hi all,

Two quick questions about Office/Word 2003.

1. How do I edit the normal.dot template that loads when Word loads? I

get
the prompt to save changes to normal.dot, but the changes don't
actually
get
saved. When I re-open word, the old normal.dot reappears.

2. When I search for "normal.dot" in Word's online help, why does it

find
no
results?

Thanks,
Phideaux








 




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