The reference you cite applies to document templates, not to Normal. See
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/wo...307561033.aspx, which clearly
refers to Normal.dotm. Same for
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc179177.aspx. And
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../dd797428.aspx says about the
..dotm format: "Template for creating new Office Word 2007 files that contain
macros. If you want to include UI customizations or macros in the template,
use this file format." About .dotx, it says, "Template for creating new
Office Word 2007 files that do not contain macros." Neither of these applies
to the Normal template.
Google finds only one English-language result for "Normal.dotx" when
searching within
http://office.microsoft.com, and I believe it to be an
error. All the other language versions are translations of an article on
setting the default font in Word; that article is found at
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/wo...144081033.aspx, and it says
"Normal.dotm."
If you have a Normal.dotx, it's because you've resaved it in that format or
renamed it.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message
...
Of course I said that, since we don't know whether OP has Word2003,
Word2007 with at least one macro, or Word2007 with no macros. Why do
you find that difficult to comprehend?
Stefan pointed out that if one has both 2003 and 2007 on one's system,
then one does indeed have normal.dot, which I did and do. What is your
problem? "I guess my system was a freak!" in the eyes of those who
don't think that macro-less Word2007 has normal.dotx and not
normal.dotm.
Since you refuse to believe anything I say, how about this quotation
from *Microsoft Office Word2007 Inside Out*, by Katherine Murray, Mary
Milhollon, and Beth Melton (Microsoft Press, 2007), p 53:
"Caution! The document will be converted to the new file format, given
the new file extension (.dotx for macro free documents or .dotm for
macro enabled documents)"
On Nov 16, 8:06 am, Greg Maxey wrote:
For the latter, open your normal.dot or normal.dotm or normal.dotx
Note you said or "normal.dotx." Continue your arguments or slink off
as you wish.
On Nov 16, 7:36 am, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote:
Certainly I had normal.dot as well. I guess my system was a freak!
On Nov 16, 6:49 am, "Stefan Blom"
wrote:
There shouldn't be a "normal.dotx" file unless someone intentionally
saved
it to the user templates folder. But note that if you are running Word
2003
and Word 2007 on the same machine, there will be a normal.dot file.
--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in
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I didn't have any macros for months after installing Office2007, and
my normal. template was normal.dotx until I did.
Does my stalker imagine that people have nothing else to do with their
lives than monitor newsgroups so they can post instant responses?
On Nov 15, 4:49 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
No, it's Normal.dotm by default. Otherwise you wouldn't be able to
save a
macro in it. A .dotm file is not one that *contains* macros but one
that
is
macro-enabled.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org
"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in
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Not until you've put at least one macro into it!
On Nov 15, 12:49 pm, "Stefan Blom"
wrote:
To clarify, the file name extension for the Normal template in
Word 2007
is
*.dotm (macro-enabled template).
--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in
...
Do you want to change the size of all your existing documents, or
do
you want _new_ documents to be set to 16 pt?
For the latter, open your normal.dot or normal.dotm or normal.dotx
template (which version of Word?), not by double-clicking it, but
from
within Word, and Modify (which version of Word?) the Normal style
to
change its font size.
On Nov 15, 11:29 am, JE wrote:
My word docs always open at font size 11. I wouldm like to
change this
to
16.
How do we do that?
Thanks, JE----