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Global Word Template
Hi, Does anyone know of a way that I can setup a normal.dot template that
will be applied to any / all user(s) who logs into a machine. I can easily edit each users profile normal.dot file but not a global one?? Thanks, Paul |
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You cannot share the Normal.dot file among multiple users in Word
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811468 You could copy a normal.dot template into the users' user templates folder when the users log-in, but that will negate the whole point of normal.dot which is a place to store personalisations, and thus cripple productivity and irritate users. Much better to provide users with the document templates they require to do their jobs. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org hayesp wrote: Hi, Does anyone know of a way that I can setup a normal.dot template that will be applied to any / all user(s) who logs into a machine. I can easily edit each users profile normal.dot file but not a global one?? Thanks, Paul |
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Thanks Graham, much appreciated.
"Graham Mayor" wrote: You cannot share the Normal.dot file among multiple users in Word http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811468 You could copy a normal.dot template into the users' user templates folder when the users log-in, but that will negate the whole point of normal.dot which is a place to store personalisations, and thus cripple productivity and irritate users. Much better to provide users with the document templates they require to do their jobs. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org hayesp wrote: Hi, Does anyone know of a way that I can setup a normal.dot template that will be applied to any / all user(s) who logs into a machine. I can easily edit each users profile normal.dot file but not a global one?? Thanks, Paul |
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I know you can give every user the same normal.dot. I don't think it is
possible to do this for a single computer (unless you do not have a network). If I remember correctly you can set it with the path for general templates (not sure if this works past Word 97) - it's been a long time since I have seen this happening. Our system administrator used to set both workgroup templates and general templates to the same path and accidentally everyone started sharing the same normal.dot. It was rather impractical. If you are looking for an easy way to distribute macros or autotexts or toolbars or buttons this is not the obvious way to go. In that case you can make a template with your customizations in there and set everyones startup path to the same location where you keep this (global) template. I know of one company who have customized the normal.dot. They want to give everyone access to customized styles - also on documents based on the normal.dot. They do not share normal.dot there, however. HTH, Birgit "hayesp" schreef in bericht ... Hi, Does anyone know of a way that I can setup a normal.dot template that will be applied to any / all user(s) who logs into a machine. I can easily edit each users profile normal.dot file but not a global one?? Thanks, Paul |
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