Great point. This didn't affect me since I have just started a new job with a
new PC so didn't have a lot of toolbar customisations etc to lose - but will
definitely keep that in mind in the future. In the meantime, the
customisations I make should be saved with my new modified normal.dot.

Thanks

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Because you cannot create a Normal.dot. Only Word can do that. If you save a
template as Normal.dot, you will lose not only all your customizations but
also all the built-in AutoText entries.

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"Sp8s4me" wrote in message
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Why not just delete the normal.dot sheet in Templates folder, and save
your
customised template as normal.dot? Then the customised template starts up
when you start word, and when you click on the new button.
I have just done this and it seems to work fine with my customised headers
etc.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The easiest way to do this is to put a shortcut to the template on your
desktop or Start menu and use that to start Word. Note, however, that
the
New button will still create a new document based on Normal.dot.

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Words into Type
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"John45511" wrote in message
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I have developed a specific style doc that I would like to use most of
the
time I use Word 2003. Is their a way to define this style as the
opening
window when I open Word.

Thanks
John45511