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Switching to Normal template fails...
"Charles Kenyon" wrote: Your assumption about styles is correct IF... (1) You consistently use styles and only styles for your formatting, and (2) You have the same style names in both templates, and (3) Upon attaching the new template you check the box to update styles from the template. (This last option should normally be unchecked, because usually this is not desired.) I have checked and the answer is Yes to all 3: the templates are Normal saved and fonts/line spacing etc redefined for the Normal style names. Running a test, I typed one line in a doc using Normal, set it as Heading 2, attached my own template, the style updated, attached Normal again, ticked the box to update styles, zilch. (And this with a fresh install of Word just in case there was an issue of corruption somewhere along the line.) This is a mystery to me now... |
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Switching to Normal template fails...
"Charles Kenyon" wrote: Your assumption about styles is correct IF... (1) You consistently use styles and only styles for your formatting, and (2) You have the same style names in both templates, and (3) Upon attaching the new template you check the box to update styles from the template. (This last option should normally be unchecked, because usually this is not desired.) I have checked and the answer is Yes to all 3: the templates are Normal saved and fonts/line spacing etc redefined for the Normal style names. Running a test, I typed one line in a doc using Normal, set it as Heading 2, attached my own template, the style updated, attached Normal again, ticked the box to update styles, zilch. (And this with a fresh install of Word just in case there was an issue of corruption somewhere along the line.) This is a mystery to me now... |
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Switching to Normal template fails...
"Charles Kenyon" wrote: Your assumption about styles is correct IF... (1) You consistently use styles and only styles for your formatting, and (2) You have the same style names in both templates, and (3) Upon attaching the new template you check the box to update styles from the template. (This last option should normally be unchecked, because usually this is not desired.) I have checked and the answer is Yes to all 3: the templates are Normal saved and fonts/line spacing etc redefined for the Normal style names. Running a test, I typed one line in a doc using Normal, set it as Heading 2, attached my own template, the style updated, attached Normal again, ticked the box to update styles, zilch. (And this with a fresh install of Word just in case there was an issue of corruption somewhere along the line.) This is a mystery to me now... |
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Switching to Normal template fails...
"Charles Kenyon" wrote: Your assumption about styles is correct IF... (1) You consistently use styles and only styles for your formatting, and (2) You have the same style names in both templates, and (3) Upon attaching the new template you check the box to update styles from the template. (This last option should normally be unchecked, because usually this is not desired.) I have checked and the answer is Yes to all 3: the templates are Normal saved and fonts/line spacing etc redefined for the Normal style names. Running a test, I typed one line in a doc using Normal, set it as Heading 2, attached my own template, the style updated, attached Normal again, ticked the box to update styles, zilch. (And this with a fresh install of Word just in case there was an issue of corruption somewhere along the line.) This is a mystery to me now... |
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Switching to Normal template fails...
"Charles Kenyon" wrote: Your assumption about styles is correct IF... (1) You consistently use styles and only styles for your formatting, and (2) You have the same style names in both templates, and (3) Upon attaching the new template you check the box to update styles from the template. (This last option should normally be unchecked, because usually this is not desired.) I have checked and the answer is Yes to all 3: the templates are Normal saved and fonts/line spacing etc redefined for the Normal style names. Running a test, I typed one line in a doc using Normal, set it as Heading 2, attached my own template, the style updated, attached Normal again, ticked the box to update styles, zilch. (And this with a fresh install of Word just in case there was an issue of corruption somewhere along the line.) This is a mystery to me now... |
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Switching to Normal template fails...
"Charles Kenyon" wrote: Your assumption about styles is correct IF... (1) You consistently use styles and only styles for your formatting, and (2) You have the same style names in both templates, and (3) Upon attaching the new template you check the box to update styles from the template. (This last option should normally be unchecked, because usually this is not desired.) I have checked and the answer is Yes to all 3: the templates are Normal saved and fonts/line spacing etc redefined for the Normal style names. Running a test, I typed one line in a doc using Normal, set it as Heading 2, attached my own template, the style updated, attached Normal again, ticked the box to update styles, zilch. (And this with a fresh install of Word just in case there was an issue of corruption somewhere along the line.) This is a mystery to me now... |
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Switching to Normal template fails...
On 7/18/04 8:47 AM, "Stephen Miller" wrote:
"Charles Kenyon" wrote: Your assumption about styles is correct IF... (1) You consistently use styles and only styles for your formatting, and (2) You have the same style names in both templates, and (3) Upon attaching the new template you check the box to update styles from the template. (This last option should normally be unchecked, because usually this is not desired.) I have checked and the answer is Yes to all 3: the templates are Normal saved and fonts/line spacing etc redefined for the Normal style names. What does a template being "Normal saved" mean? Not clear on how the second half of that sentence relates either. Running a test, I typed one line in a doc using Normal, set it as Heading 2, attached my own template, the style updated, attached Normal again, ticked the box to update styles, zilch. (And this with a fresh install of Word just in case there was an issue of corruption somewhere along the line.) This is a mystery to me now... So it works when you attach a different template, but not when you attach Normal? Perhaps your Normal is corrupted. Fresh install will not have fixed it unless you uninstalled first. Quit Word, find Normal, rename it, restart Word, and try the test again. What version are you using? Also see if it works when you Insert File into a new doc based on Normal instead of attaching the template. And ignore the error message you seem to be getting from the website, don't repost unless you have given it some time and you are sure your message isn't there. This one showed up 8 times. DM |
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Switching to Normal template fails...
Thanks for taking the time to reply.
So it works when you attach a different template, but not when you attach Normal? Perhaps your Normal is corrupted. Fresh install will not have fixed it unless you uninstalled first. Quit Word, find Normal, rename it, restart Word, and try the test again. What version are you using? I am using word X Service Release 1 running under Mac OS X 10.2.3 I have used the Microsoft utility to remove Office and I have emptied the Trash and reinstalled. The same behaviour as before! Also see if it works when you Insert File into a new doc based on Normal instead of attaching the template. This I had not tried befoer but still the same behaviour. And ignore the error message you seem to be getting from the website, don't repost unless you have given it some time and you are sure your message isn't there. This one showed up 8 times. Apologies for that, a sense of frustration (foolish in retrospect) had crept in... Stephen Miller DM |
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Switching to Normal template fails...
We've been assured that the erroneous error message will be corrected in the
next revision of the Communities interface, which is scheduled for August, I believe. -- 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. "Stephen Miller" wrote in message ... Thanks for taking the time to reply. So it works when you attach a different template, but not when you attach Normal? Perhaps your Normal is corrupted. Fresh install will not have fixed it unless you uninstalled first. Quit Word, find Normal, rename it, restart Word, and try the test again. What version are you using? I am using word X Service Release 1 running under Mac OS X 10.2.3 I have used the Microsoft utility to remove Office and I have emptied the Trash and reinstalled. The same behaviour as before! Also see if it works when you Insert File into a new doc based on Normal instead of attaching the template. This I had not tried befoer but still the same behaviour. And ignore the error message you seem to be getting from the website, don't repost unless you have given it some time and you are sure your message isn't there. This one showed up 8 times. Apologies for that, a sense of frustration (foolish in retrospect) had crept in... Stephen Miller DM |
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Switching to Normal template fails...
Hi Stephen,
I don't think your MacOffice X is fully updated--check here to confirm: http://www.mcgimpsey.com/macoffice/o...xversions.html Maybe that will help--your Normal seems to be off, but a fresh copy isn't fixing anything, which seems very strange. Removing and reinstalling would create a fresh copy, although just reinstalling would not. Dayo On 7/22/04 9:45 AM, "Stephen Miller" wrote: Thanks for taking the time to reply. So it works when you attach a different template, but not when you attach Normal? Perhaps your Normal is corrupted. Fresh install will not have fixed it unless you uninstalled first. Quit Word, find Normal, rename it, restart Word, and try the test again. What version are you using? I am using word X Service Release 1 running under Mac OS X 10.2.3 I have used the Microsoft utility to remove Office and I have emptied the Trash and reinstalled. The same behaviour as before! Also see if it works when you Insert File into a new doc based on Normal instead of attaching the template. This I had not tried befoer but still the same behaviour. And ignore the error message you seem to be getting from the website, don't repost unless you have given it some time and you are sure your message isn't there. This one showed up 8 times. Apologies for that, a sense of frustration (foolish in retrospect) had crept in... Stephen Miller DM |
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