Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Adding automatic hyphenation to Normal.dot
Hello all! I've just finished customizing Normal.dot to suit me, but I can't get "automatic hyphenation" to "take." Everything else worked fine. I'm using Word 2000 under Windows 98 Second Edition on an IBM ThinkPad A20m. I go to "toolslanguagehyphenation," make the change, then go to "formatstyle," make a change which I then reverse out later, check the "add to template" box, and save. I could change "page layout" using this technique, but it doesn't work for "automatic hyphenation." How can I get this feature into my Normal.dot? Thanks... Phil |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
You'll have to open Normal.dot directly and modify it. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...ocNotBlank.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. "Phil James" wrote in message ... Hello all! I've just finished customizing Normal.dot to suit me, but I can't get "automatic hyphenation" to "take." Everything else worked fine. I'm using Word 2000 under Windows 98 Second Edition on an IBM ThinkPad A20m. I go to "toolslanguagehyphenation," make the change, then go to "formatstyle," make a change which I then reverse out later, check the "add to template" box, and save. I could change "page layout" using this technique, but it doesn't work for "automatic hyphenation." How can I get this feature into my Normal.dot? Thanks... Phil |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Didn't you already have an extended conversation on this issue on a
different newsgroup? As I followed that discussion, I kept wanting to say: Please note that: I go to "toolslanguagehyphenation," make the change, Does not save it to Normal.dot. All that messing about with the style after does not mean to you saved hyphenation to Normal.dot. If there isn't an "add to template" or "make default" option, I don't think Word will save it back to Normal.dot for you. Page Layout dialog has a "default..." button. Hyphenation does not. The hyphenation setting does not become part of the defined style. What made you expect this to work? Are you seeing something different in your version than I see in mine? Anyhow, as two people told you in your original thread yesterday: Find Normal.dot, open the template itself and make the change there. DM On 12/3/04 10:40 AM, "Phil James" wrote: Hello all! I've just finished customizing Normal.dot to suit me, but I can't get "automatic hyphenation" to "take." Everything else worked fine. I'm using Word 2000 under Windows 98 Second Edition on an IBM ThinkPad A20m. I go to "toolslanguagehyphenation," make the change, then go to "formatstyle," make a change which I then reverse out later, check the "add to template" box, and save. I could change "page layout" using this technique, but it doesn't work for "automatic hyphenation." How can I get this feature into my Normal.dot? Thanks... Phil -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Oops, sorry, I definitely have different dialogs than you do, but I'm still
curious about what you are seeing. DM On 12/3/04 11:33 AM, "Daiya Mitchell" wrote: Didn't you already have an extended conversation on this issue on a different newsgroup? As I followed that discussion, I kept wanting to say: Please note that: I go to "toolslanguagehyphenation," make the change, Does not save it to Normal.dot. All that messing about with the style after does not mean to you saved hyphenation to Normal.dot. If there isn't an "add to template" or "make default" option, I don't think Word will save it back to Normal.dot for you. Page Layout dialog has a "default..." button. Hyphenation does not. The hyphenation setting does not become part of the defined style. What made you expect this to work? Are you seeing something different in your version than I see in mine? Anyhow, as two people told you in your original thread yesterday: Find Normal.dot, open the template itself and make the change there. DM |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
Daiya... You're absolutely right! As I posted in the other newsgroup, the mistake I was making was trying to modify a "new document" and save it to Normal.dot. When I found out where Normal.dot was, opened it from there, modified it, and saved it, everything worked out fine. The reason I thought saving via the "style" "add to template" approach might work is because I was able to use that approach in modifying the page layout option. But it didn't work with hyphenation, and now I know why. Thanks for bearing with me! Phil Daiya Mitchell wrote in message ... Oops, sorry, I definitely have different dialogs than you do, but I'm still curious about what you are seeing. DM On 12/3/04 11:33 AM, "Daiya Mitchell" wrote: Didn't you already have an extended conversation on this issue on a different newsgroup? As I followed that discussion, I kept wanting to say: Please note that: I go to "toolslanguagehyphenation," make the change, Does not save it to Normal.dot. All that messing about with the style after does not mean to you saved hyphenation to Normal.dot. If there isn't an "add to template" or "make default" option, I don't think Word will save it back to Normal.dot for you. Page Layout dialog has a "default..." button. Hyphenation does not. The hyphenation setting does not become part of the defined style. What made you expect this to work? Are you seeing something different in your version than I see in mine? Anyhow, as two people told you in your original thread yesterday: Find Normal.dot, open the template itself and make the change there. DM |
Reply |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Style Separator and Automatic Numbering | Microsoft Word Help | |||
Normal.dot | Microsoft Word Help | |||
Stopping automatic bullet formatting when formatting is turned off | Microsoft Word Help | |||
Normal.dot - Clearing Tabs | Microsoft Word Help | |||
Network Normal.dot Issues | Microsoft Word Help |