For some reason, Word is replacing your normal.dot with a new one.
Start by checking out
http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm
Start Word and check tools options save prompt to save normal.dot and
tools options save always create backup copy.
Close Word - if you get a prompt to save normal.dot - do so.
Open Word. Close it again. It should close without a prompt.
If it doesn't, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...peningWord.htm
Open Word and recreate any missing macros. You can save normal.dot from the
vba editor.
In future, the answer to both those particular questions should probably be
NO, and are prompted by crash conditions, so start by clearing out temporary
files and save normal.dot (rather than replace it)
If you make changes during your work that are reflected as changes to
normal.dot (such as creating macros/autotexts/toolbars etc), there will be a
different prompt which says that changes have been made to normal.dot. You
can choose to save these changes or not depending on whether you want to
keep them for the next session.
--
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site
www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site
http://word.mvps.org
Lisa wrote:
Whenever I create macros they last for a while and then they stop
working. I get a message that says: "The macro can not be found or
has been disabled because of your macro security settings". I don't
do anything with my security settings so if the macro works once, it
should work again.
Also I get messages that say: "The file Normal.dot already exists.
Do you want to replace the existing file?" I don't know what this
means but I always click yes.
Another message I get is this: "Word automatically saved changes to
the normal document template. Do you want to load it?" Again I say
yes, but then sometime later I will lose my macros. Are these
messages significant to macros? Should I be answering no to these
questions? I am tired of having to re-create my macros all the time.
I don't know why they stop working. Can anyone help?
Thanks,
Lisa Cardoza