Save Changes to Normal.dot?

Greetings:

On occasion, while making "innocent" changes (or seemingly so) to a word
doc, I'm asked if I want to save the changes which I have made to template
normal.dot. I always decline.

What might be causing such a prompt? Should I save these changes?

Thanks -

Len

Hi Leonard,

Message to save global template Normal.dot every time that you quit Word
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 291352
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;291352

CAUSE
This problem may occur for the following reasons.
CAUSE 1: The "Prompt to save Normal template" check box is selected
You receive this if the Prompt to save Normal template check box is
selected.

Workaround
To turn off this message, follow these steps.

Important Note If you turn off this message in Word, you may still have a
problem. Word will automatically save the changes to your global template,
Normal.dot, but you will not be prompted. You may still have to perform the
other steps listed in this article.
On the Tools menu, click Options.
On the Save tab, click to clear the Prompt to save Normal template check
box.

CAUSE 2: Word is infected with a macro virus
This problem may occur if your computer is infected with a virus that
changes the global template (Normal.dot). To help avoid virus infection,
keep your antivirus software and your virus definitions updated with the
latest versions. Ask your antivirus software vendor for the latest
information.

For information about how to contact your antivirus software vendor, click
the appropriate article number in the following list to view the article in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
65416 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, A-K
60781 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, L-P
60782 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, Q-Z

CAUSE 3: An installed add-in or an installed macro is changing the global
template Normal.dot
You may receive the message that is listed in the "Symptoms" section if an
add-in or a macro on your computer modified the Normal.dot template.
Add-ins that are known to cause this behavior include the following:
Stamps.com Internet postage
Works Suite add-in for Microsoft Word
An add-in installed in Word may add one or more of the following items to
your computer:
WLL file
Templates
COM add-in
Auto macros

Workaround
How to remove WLL add-ins and templates in the Word and Office Startup
folders

When you start Word, Word automatically loads templates and add-ins that
are located in the Startup folders. Problems in Word may be the result of
conflicts or of problems with an add-in. To determine whether an item in a
Startup folder is causing the problem, temporarily empty the folder.

Word loads items from the Office Startup folder and the Word Startup
folder. To remove items from the Startup folders, follow these steps:
Quit all instances of Word. If you use Word as your e-mail editor, make
sure that you quit Outlook also.
On your Windows desktop, double-click My Computer, and then locate your
Office Startup folder. The default location is:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Startup

Note For Office versions 2000 and earlier, the Office folder is Office. For
Office XP, the Office folder is Office10. For Office 2003, the Office
folder is Office11.
Drag each item from the Startup folder to the desktop. (Or create a folder
on your desktop and drag each item to this new folder.)

Note To create a new folder on the desktop, right-click a blank area on the
desktop, point to New, and then click Folder.
Find the Word Startup folder, and then drag each item from the Startup
folder to the desktop. (Or create a folder on your desktop and drag each
item to this new folder.) The default location for the Word Startup folder
depends on the operating system.

On Microsoft Windows 98 and Windows Millennium Edition without profiles
enabled, the location is:
C:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Word\Startup

On Windows 98 and Windows Millennium with profiles enabled or on Windows NT
4.0, the location is:
C:\Windows\user name\Application Data\Microsoft\Word\Startup

On Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, the location is:
C:\Documents and Settings\user name\Application Data\Microsoft\Word\Startup

Start Word.
If you can no longer reproduce the problem, and you removed multiple items
from the Startup folder or folders, you can try to isolate the problem by
adding the files back to the appropriate Startup folder, one by one. Try to
reproduce the problem after each addition to determine which file causes
the problem.


Please let me know has this helped You...
Thank you...
Raghu...
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

What changes did you make?

The following article might be helpful:

What do Templates and Add-ins store?
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm

--
Stefan Blom


"Leonard M. Wapner" skrev i meddelandet
...
Greetings:

On occasion, while making "innocent" changes (or seemingly so) to a
word
doc, I'm asked if I want to save the changes which I have made to
template
normal.dot. I always decline.

What might be causing such a prompt? Should I save these changes?

Thanks -

Len

And please ignore CAUSE 1, which is not really a "cause" in the same sense
as the others. You *want* to know when Normal.dot is being modified (in case
it's not by you); turning off the prompt just gives Word permission to save
it without asking you.

--
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.

"Raghu Prakash" wrote in message
...
Hi Leonard,

Message to save global template Normal.dot every time that you quit Word
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 291352
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;291352

CAUSE
This problem may occur for the following reasons.
CAUSE 1: The "Prompt to save Normal template" check box is selected
You receive this if the Prompt to save Normal template check box is
selected.

Workaround
To turn off this message, follow these steps.

Important Note If you turn off this message in Word, you may still have a
problem. Word will automatically save the changes to your global template,
Normal.dot, but you will not be prompted. You may still have to perform
the
other steps listed in this article.
On the Tools menu, click Options.
On the Save tab, click to clear the Prompt to save Normal template check
box.

CAUSE 2: Word is infected with a macro virus
This problem may occur if your computer is infected with a virus that
changes the global template (Normal.dot). To help avoid virus infection,
keep your antivirus software and your virus definitions updated with the
latest versions. Ask your antivirus software vendor for the latest
information.

For information about how to contact your antivirus software vendor, click
the appropriate article number in the following list to view the article
in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
65416 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, A-K
60781 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, L-P
60782 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, Q-Z

CAUSE 3: An installed add-in or an installed macro is changing the global
template Normal.dot
You may receive the message that is listed in the "Symptoms" section if an
add-in or a macro on your computer modified the Normal.dot template.
Add-ins that are known to cause this behavior include the following:
Stamps.com Internet postage
Works Suite add-in for Microsoft Word
An add-in installed in Word may add one or more of the following items to
your computer:
WLL file
Templates
COM add-in
Auto macros

Workaround
How to remove WLL add-ins and templates in the Word and Office Startup
folders

When you start Word, Word automatically loads templates and add-ins that
are located in the Startup folders. Problems in Word may be the result of
conflicts or of problems with an add-in. To determine whether an item in a
Startup folder is causing the problem, temporarily empty the folder.

Word loads items from the Office Startup folder and the Word Startup
folder. To remove items from the Startup folders, follow these steps:
Quit all instances of Word. If you use Word as your e-mail editor, make
sure that you quit Outlook also.
On your Windows desktop, double-click My Computer, and then locate your
Office Startup folder. The default location is:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Startup

Note For Office versions 2000 and earlier, the Office folder is Office.
For
Office XP, the Office folder is Office10. For Office 2003, the Office
folder is Office11.
Drag each item from the Startup folder to the desktop. (Or create a folder
on your desktop and drag each item to this new folder.)

Note To create a new folder on the desktop, right-click a blank area on
the
desktop, point to New, and then click Folder.
Find the Word Startup folder, and then drag each item from the Startup
folder to the desktop. (Or create a folder on your desktop and drag each
item to this new folder.) The default location for the Word Startup folder
depends on the operating system.

On Microsoft Windows 98 and Windows Millennium Edition without profiles
enabled, the location is:
C:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Word\Startup

On Windows 98 and Windows Millennium with profiles enabled or on Windows
NT
4.0, the location is:
C:\Windows\user name\Application Data\Microsoft\Word\Startup

On Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, the location is:
C:\Documents and Settings\user name\Application
Data\Microsoft\Word\Startup

Start Word.
If you can no longer reproduce the problem, and you removed multiple items
from the Startup folder or folders, you can try to isolate the problem by
adding the files back to the appropriate Startup folder, one by one. Try
to
reproduce the problem after each addition to determine which file causes
the problem.


Please let me know has this helped You...
Thank you...
Raghu...
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.