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Save All not working
Using word 2000 with updates (help about now reads as word 2002? - from my IT
guys) I changed computers at work. I then went to change all my styles in Word to reflect my own preferences, closed word, and repopened to find nothing "stuck". From other threads I read this was becasue normal.dot was not saving properly so I re-did my styles (know them off by heart now :-)) and used shift+file/ save all. Again I closed out of word and found that upon re-opening none of my changes had stuck again. I also noted that I would expect to get the message "Do you want to save normal.dot?" and this didn't appear, and the normal message "word is saving normal.dot" did not appear in the task manager pane at the bottom of word. I eventually figured out how to open Normal.dot directly and make the changes there, but I was wondering if anyone knows why word is exhibiting this behaviour? I did not have "Prompt to save normal template" ticked, but I thought that shift+file /save all would over ride that anyway? Any help would be appreciated as I don't want to have to open Normal.dot every time I decide to change something. Thanks, Fiona Nelson |
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It appears that you are missing the step: Save to template... after you have
modified your styles. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "fiona nelson" wrote in message ... Using word 2000 with updates (help about now reads as word 2002? - from my IT guys) I changed computers at work. I then went to change all my styles in Word to reflect my own preferences, closed word, and repopened to find nothing "stuck". From other threads I read this was becasue normal.dot was not saving properly so I re-did my styles (know them off by heart now :-)) and used shift+file/ save all. Again I closed out of word and found that upon re-opening none of my changes had stuck again. I also noted that I would expect to get the message "Do you want to save normal.dot?" and this didn't appear, and the normal message "word is saving normal.dot" did not appear in the task manager pane at the bottom of word. I eventually figured out how to open Normal.dot directly and make the changes there, but I was wondering if anyone knows why word is exhibiting this behaviour? I did not have "Prompt to save normal template" ticked, but I thought that shift+file /save all would over ride that anyway? Any help would be appreciated as I don't want to have to open Normal.dot every time I decide to change something. Thanks, Fiona Nelson |
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Thanks Charles, looks like I'm not as good as following instructions as I
thought I was! fiona "Charles Kenyon" wrote: It appears that you are missing the step: Save to template... after you have modified your styles. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "fiona nelson" wrote in message ... Using word 2000 with updates (help about now reads as word 2002? - from my IT guys) I changed computers at work. I then went to change all my styles in Word to reflect my own preferences, closed word, and repopened to find nothing "stuck". From other threads I read this was becasue normal.dot was not saving properly so I re-did my styles (know them off by heart now :-)) and used shift+file/ save all. Again I closed out of word and found that upon re-opening none of my changes had stuck again. I also noted that I would expect to get the message "Do you want to save normal.dot?" and this didn't appear, and the normal message "word is saving normal.dot" did not appear in the task manager pane at the bottom of word. I eventually figured out how to open Normal.dot directly and make the changes there, but I was wondering if anyone knows why word is exhibiting this behaviour? I did not have "Prompt to save normal template" ticked, but I thought that shift+file /save all would over ride that anyway? Any help would be appreciated as I don't want to have to open Normal.dot every time I decide to change something. Thanks, Fiona Nelson |
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But if she is changing the styles in Normal.dot directly and expressly
saving Normal.dot, as she says, then the problem must be down to something else. Fiona, if you're on a corporate network, make sure that Normal.dot isn't being overwritten at startup. If this is the case, do what you should probably have done in the first place and create a specific document template with the styles and formatting set as you prefer, and then select that from the File New dialog when you want to create a document. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... It appears that you are missing the step: Save to template... after you have modified your styles. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "fiona nelson" wrote in message ... Using word 2000 with updates (help about now reads as word 2002? - from my IT guys) I changed computers at work. I then went to change all my styles in Word to reflect my own preferences, closed word, and repopened to find nothing "stuck". From other threads I read this was becasue normal.dot was not saving properly so I re-did my styles (know them off by heart now :-)) and used shift+file/ save all. Again I closed out of word and found that upon re-opening none of my changes had stuck again. I also noted that I would expect to get the message "Do you want to save normal.dot?" and this didn't appear, and the normal message "word is saving normal.dot" did not appear in the task manager pane at the bottom of word. I eventually figured out how to open Normal.dot directly and make the changes there, but I was wondering if anyone knows why word is exhibiting this behaviour? I did not have "Prompt to save normal template" ticked, but I thought that shift+file /save all would over ride that anyway? Any help would be appreciated as I don't want to have to open Normal.dot every time I decide to change something. Thanks, Fiona Nelson |
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Suzanne, Thanks for the advice. I should have said that when I directly
saved to normal.dot the changes were maintained. I agree though, I should set up a proper template - just being a bit lazy. Fiona "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... But if she is changing the styles in Normal.dot directly and expressly saving Normal.dot, as she says, then the problem must be down to something else. Fiona, if you're on a corporate network, make sure that Normal.dot isn't being overwritten at startup. If this is the case, do what you should probably have done in the first place and create a specific document template with the styles and formatting set as you prefer, and then select that from the File New dialog when you want to create a document. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... It appears that you are missing the step: Save to template... after you have modified your styles. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "fiona nelson" wrote in message ... Using word 2000 with updates (help about now reads as word 2002? - from my IT guys) I changed computers at work. I then went to change all my styles in Word to reflect my own preferences, closed word, and repopened to find nothing "stuck". From other threads I read this was becasue normal.dot was not saving properly so I re-did my styles (know them off by heart now :-)) and used shift+file/ save all. Again I closed out of word and found that upon re-opening none of my changes had stuck again. I also noted that I would expect to get the message "Do you want to save normal.dot?" and this didn't appear, and the normal message "word is saving normal.dot" did not appear in the task manager pane at the bottom of word. I eventually figured out how to open Normal.dot directly and make the changes there, but I was wondering if anyone knows why word is exhibiting this behaviour? I did not have "Prompt to save normal template" ticked, but I thought that shift+file /save all would over ride that anyway? Any help would be appreciated as I don't want to have to open Normal.dot every time I decide to change something. Thanks, Fiona Nelson |
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Ah, well, in these changed circumstances, I'll ask if you are running
Acrobat 7. If so, see the last section of http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adob...at_toolbar.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Fiona Nelson" wrote in message ... Suzanne, Thanks for the advice. I should have said that when I directly saved to normal.dot the changes were maintained. I agree though, I should set up a proper template - just being a bit lazy. Fiona "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... But if she is changing the styles in Normal.dot directly and expressly saving Normal.dot, as she says, then the problem must be down to something else. Fiona, if you're on a corporate network, make sure that Normal.dot isn't being overwritten at startup. If this is the case, do what you should probably have done in the first place and create a specific document template with the styles and formatting set as you prefer, and then select that from the File New dialog when you want to create a document. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... It appears that you are missing the step: Save to template... after you have modified your styles. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "fiona nelson" wrote in message ... Using word 2000 with updates (help about now reads as word 2002? - from my IT guys) I changed computers at work. I then went to change all my styles in Word to reflect my own preferences, closed word, and repopened to find nothing "stuck". From other threads I read this was becasue normal.dot was not saving properly so I re-did my styles (know them off by heart now :-)) and used shift+file/ save all. Again I closed out of word and found that upon re-opening none of my changes had stuck again. I also noted that I would expect to get the message "Do you want to save normal.dot?" and this didn't appear, and the normal message "word is saving normal.dot" did not appear in the task manager pane at the bottom of word. I eventually figured out how to open Normal.dot directly and make the changes there, but I was wondering if anyone knows why word is exhibiting this behaviour? I did not have "Prompt to save normal template" ticked, but I thought that shift+file /save all would over ride that anyway? Any help would be appreciated as I don't want to have to open Normal.dot every time I decide to change something. Thanks, Fiona Nelson |
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Thanks again Suzanne. I looked at that site before posting which prompted
me to use the "save all" command. I think Charles is right - I just forgot to click the "save to template" box. A case of "idiot behind the wheel" syndrome I'm afraid. Fiona "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Ah, well, in these changed circumstances, I'll ask if you are running Acrobat 7. If so, see the last section of http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adob...at_toolbar.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Fiona Nelson" wrote in message ... Suzanne, Thanks for the advice. I should have said that when I directly saved to normal.dot the changes were maintained. I agree though, I should set up a proper template - just being a bit lazy. Fiona "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... But if she is changing the styles in Normal.dot directly and expressly saving Normal.dot, as she says, then the problem must be down to something else. Fiona, if you're on a corporate network, make sure that Normal.dot isn't being overwritten at startup. If this is the case, do what you should probably have done in the first place and create a specific document template with the styles and formatting set as you prefer, and then select that from the File New dialog when you want to create a document. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... It appears that you are missing the step: Save to template... after you have modified your styles. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "fiona nelson" wrote in message ... Using word 2000 with updates (help about now reads as word 2002? - from my IT guys) I changed computers at work. I then went to change all my styles in Word to reflect my own preferences, closed word, and repopened to find nothing "stuck". From other threads I read this was becasue normal.dot was not saving properly so I re-did my styles (know them off by heart now :-)) and used shift+file/ save all. Again I closed out of word and found that upon re-opening none of my changes had stuck again. I also noted that I would expect to get the message "Do you want to save normal.dot?" and this didn't appear, and the normal message "word is saving normal.dot" did not appear in the task manager pane at the bottom of word. I eventually figured out how to open Normal.dot directly and make the changes there, but I was wondering if anyone knows why word is exhibiting this behaviour? I did not have "Prompt to save normal template" ticked, but I thought that shift+file /save all would over ride that anyway? Any help would be appreciated as I don't want to have to open Normal.dot every time I decide to change something. Thanks, Fiona Nelson |
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