This setting as Suzanne has sugegsted, is stored in the registry, in the
Word data settings sub key (see
http://www.gmayor.com/my_toolbars_are_missing.htm which shows how to locate
it). Renaming or deleting that key will revert a lot of settings to
defaults. By removing any corruption in your registry key, this *may*
correct the problem, but you will have to restore all your preferences and
the problem may return. The macros write the correct setting for each
document whether new or existing.
If you are not showing autonew in your macros list, you have no autonew
macro. Open the macro editor and examine your code. It should show at least:
Sub AutoNew()
ActiveDocument.DisableFeatures = False
End Sub
Sub AutoOpen()
ActiveDocument.DisableFeatures = False
End Sub
Checkout
http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm also. Orphan
temp files cause lots of minor problems.
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The Alpine Haddock wrote:
Nope. And what's more, tools macros showed me the Autoopen, but not
the Autonew. Most confusing :-s Is being on a network likely to
be an issue? Normal is on the C: drive, and is the only version on
it, but could it be pulling one in from a network drive somewhere? My
IT department don't seem to have any ideas, and didn't seem to think
the issue should be as deep as the registry, as suggested in the post
below.
"Graham Mayor" wrote:
Does running the macro from tools macros unset it?
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The Alpine Haddock wrote:
I don't know why it shouldn't work - it was doing so yesterday when
I made the reply (based on a world-weary cynicism), but this morning
I've just created a new blank document and the checkbox is ticked. I
have checked the Normal.dot template and the macros are both still
there. This left me with two documents open (the blank and Normal).
Normal had opened with no tick in the box, the blank document still
has it. I have made sure that there is only one copy of Normal on
the machine so it shouldn't be looking anywhere else.
"Graham Mayor" wrote:
The macro resets it for every new and opened document, so there is
no reason why it shouldn't work ?
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The Alpine Haddock wrote:
OK, I've added it in, and it seems to work - but then checking the
box seemed to work for a short time!! When I've gone a few days
without it reverting I'll know it was sorted and will pass it on
to all my colleagues who have the same problem.
Thanks for the fix.
"Graham Mayor" wrote:
Add the line
ActiveDocument.DisableFeatures = False
to an autonew and an autoopen macro in normal.dot - see
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm
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My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
"The Alpine Haddock" wrote:
Microsoft Word has in the Tools - Options dialogue box an
annoying little checkbox to disable features introduced after
Word 6.0/95 or Word 97. I do not wish this to be checked. Easy
enough, you think?
No matter how many times I uncheck this box (including ensuring
that it is also unchecked in Normal.dot) it keeps rechecking
itself and then not letting me (eg) align text within a table,
or save hyperlinks. And if it's in a document that already has
these features, it waits until I exit and then says that some
things won't be saved because they're not compatible with Word
6!
When I turn it off it goes away for the immediate session of
Word, possibly for the next one but then comes back. I am going
slowly insane.
Does anybody know of a way of completely and irrevocably turning
this option off?