Suzanne, that was a promising lead, but it didn't pan out when I tested
it I attached a document to a template other than Normal, saved the
doc, made changes in the doc and didn't save them, then made changes in
the template and didn't save them, then went back to the doc and gave
the Save command. No message appeared.

Larry



Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
When you save a document, you will get that prompt if you have made
changes to the template since the previous save (for example, by
modifying a style and checking the "Add to template" box).


"Larry" wrote in message
...
Jay, if this happens again I'll check and see if the document is
attached to a template other than Normal. I don't think it was,
but I could be wrong.

However, even if it was, it still wouldn't make sense. Again, I
was not closing the document, I was only saving it, so there was no
reason for a prompt to save changes in the document template.

Larry



Jay Freedman wrote:
Hi Larry,

Something we haven't nailed down yet: When you're working on the
document where this happens, is the document based on Normal.dot
or on some other template?

The reason I ask is that if it's Normal.dot that changed, you
should be seeing a message with different wording: "Changes have
been made that affect the global template, Normal. Do you want to
save those changes?" You can see this illustrated at
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...514521033.aspx.

The message you quoted is the one you get when the base of the
document is some *other* template, in which you've made some
change such as a modified style or a new autotext. The "prompt to
save Normal.dot" option has no effect on this message.




Anne and Jay,

Sometimes I have the "prompt to save Normal" feature on, most
of the time not, but even if it's on that doesn't answer my
question. I was not closing Word, I was saving a document.
Why should there be any prompt regarding the saving of changes
in the Normal template when I was simply saving a document?

Moreover, the same thing just happened again now. I was saving
an unsaved document, and got the same prompt,

"Do you _also_ want to save changes to the Document Template?"
(Note that "also.")

Further, the "Prompt to save Normal template" feature is NOT
checked right now. Yet I got this weird prompt. What does
saving a document have to do with saving changes in Normal. It
makes no sense.

Larry




"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
news Just a bit more background:

The reason the prompt is available is that silently changing
things in the Normal.dot template is a favorite trick of macro
viruses. You should leave the option turned on at all times.
If you get the prompt and you don't know what changed, you
should answer No and the changes won't be saved.

There are a few problems with that scenario. For one thing,
many users have no idea what Normal.dot is, let alone what
they might have done during an editing session to change it.
(Some examples a adding or modifying a style and checking
the "Add to template" box in the dialog; making a new
AutoCorrect or AutoText entry; creating or modifying a
toolbar button or a keyboard shortcut; or changing a font
setting in the Format Font dialog and clicking the Default
button.)

Even if you're aware of the things that can change the
template, you may not remember everything you did during a
long session.

Finally -- thankfully! -- the #$% hackers and script kiddies
seem to have found that it's easier or more satisfyingly
destructive to make "regular" viruses rather than macro
viruses, so there are fewer macro attacks than there used to
be. Also, the major antivirus apps are pretty good at
spotting infected documents and quarantining them before they
can even be opened.

One other thing: if the document is based on a template other
than Normal.dot and you did something that changed that
template (for example, adding a custom toolbar), you'll be
prompted to save the template regardless of the setting of
the option for Normal.dot. It's just the same as the prompt
you get if you edit a document and then click Close without
saving.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 10:48:42 -0400, "Anne Troy"
wrote:

Tools--Options, Save tab. If Prompt to save Normal
template is
checked.
Most likely, it wasn't checked before.
*******************
~Anne Troy

www.OfficeArticles.com
www.MyExpertsOnline.com


"Larry" wrote in message
...

Word 97 which I've been using since 1998. I saved an
unsaved
document,
and got this message, which I've never seen befo

"Do you also want to save changes to the Document
Template?"

How is it that, having saved documents a couple of million
times
before
in Word 97, I never got this message until now? And what
the heck
does
it mean? Just wondering