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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 |
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Save Changes to Normal.dot?
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. |
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Save Changes to Normal.dot?
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 |
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Save Changes to Normal.dot?
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. |
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