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Old November 18th, 2005, 09:10 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
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The application I'm referring to is a case management system running off an
Oracle database. We create documents that pull data out of the database and
we are using Word as the editor for those documents. The application has a
document processor that handles the replacement of merge codes in a form
document with data from the database. One or more Word documents are then
opened with the merge function already completed. Sometimes we create a set
of documents as part of our business process, so it's not uncommon for the
document processor to kick out 2, 3 or 4 separate Word documents. They are
created just fine, but after the merged document is saved and I try to close
it, I get the "Normal.dot is in use" message.

I'm the only user having this problem with Word.

"Uncle Joe" wrote in message
...
The MVPs are best equipped to answer your question about
Normal.dot since I've never had problems with it. But you've
piqued my curiosity because all your posts mention that all
your 15+ users launch Word from a mysterious third party
application. What is this third party application?

"Roger Marrs" wrote in message

...
No, this is a different issue. Word tells me that Normal.dot is in use.
This happens even though Normal.dot is not in my startup folder.

Normal.dot
is in the default .../Word/Templates folder.

Our office has a file folder on a shared network drive where a Word

Document
Template file is stored. In Options File Locations everyones Word
application is set to that file folder on the shared drive as the

location
for the startup folder. It's my understanding that in order to make a
template file available as an add-in, then the file path for the Startup
Folder has to be set to the location where that document template is

saved.

Out of 15 + users, only I have problems with Normal.dot being in use

when I
use Word.

Now that I've corrected the file path for my user templates, my settings

in
File Locations are the same as every other user in the office. Everyone

in
the office launches Word from the same third party software. I am the

only
person who gets the "Normal.dot is in use" message. It's really
frustrating.

Roger

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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Is this not the same issue we've already solved?

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Words into Type
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all may benefit.

"Roger Marrs" wrote in message
...
I am getting a dialog box stating that Normal.dot is already in use

by
another user or application. I only get this message if I already

have
a
word document open and then launch Word from a third party

application.
When I try to close the word document launched from the third party
application, I get the dialog box about Normal.dot. I've been

running
the
third party application for several months without any problems. So

I'm
wondering whether there is some setting within Word that I modified

that
I
shouldn't have that has caused this problem.

Roger Marrs









 




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