I really have no idea what the problem is now - though it is entirely
possible for third party add-ins to screw things up.
normal.dot should be in the folder defined at tools options file
locations user templates - and nowhere else Word has access to.
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The Alpine Haddock wrote:
Just when I thought it was safe to go back into the water...
I just opened an existing document, made some edits and was told not
compatible with Word 97.
I have yet again checked that the macros are there, both by entering
the Normal.dot in c:/documents & settings/etc and by looking in the
tools macros popup. When I then run any of them from there, they
work and untick the box.
Is it possible that something else can override the autoopen?
Possibly other software or a Normal elsewhere on the network?
"Graham Mayor" wrote:
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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"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?