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Pushing Normal.dot via Group Policy
My boss is making filename/path a requirement on all Word Documents.
He does not want this to be a training situation. He wants its pushed or manually set by IT on all workstations (yeah right). Here is what I have done. I created a "Normal.dot" file setup the way he wants it. (this is really p'ing me off just writing about it). I copied the file to a network share, and created a batch file to simply copy the modified Normal.dot file to overwright the existing Normal.dot file on each users workstation when they login. - this all works fine and they all receive the modified Normal.dot template. Problem: users lose the ability of the "Autotext" when this is done. Not sure what else they lose, but this is a biggie. Many users still need to put header/footer stuff but are unable to because they are using the modified template that I pushed out instead of the original that comes with Word. Tested: If i manually go to a workstation, and make the modifications that are required, this does not happen. It only happens when pushing via group policy or coping, not sure where the issue lies, but wondered if there is a way to do this so that the end users still have full functionality of thier word. |
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Pushing Normal.dot via Group Policy
Okay, where you're getting into trouble is where you're "creating"
Normal.dot. Only Word can do that; see €śWD2002: Styles and AutoText Are Not Copied to New Template Based on Normal.dot€ť at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=291441. You can open Normal.dot and modify it and save it, but you are right to be wary of this. The correct approach is to make specific document templates and save them in a folder on the network that is set as each user's Workgroup Templates location (Tools | Options | File Locations). Then instruct users (under pain of dismissal) to use the prescribed templates. Normal.dot is supposed to be a personally customizable file; see €śYou cannot share the Normal.dot file among multiple users in Word€ť at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811468, which you may want to share with your IT department. -- 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. "NetGoofy" wrote in message ... My boss is making filename/path a requirement on all Word Documents. He does not want this to be a training situation. He wants its pushed or manually set by IT on all workstations (yeah right). Here is what I have done. I created a "Normal.dot" file setup the way he wants it. (this is really p'ing me off just writing about it). I copied the file to a network share, and created a batch file to simply copy the modified Normal.dot file to overwright the existing Normal.dot file on each users workstation when they login. - this all works fine and they all receive the modified Normal.dot template. Problem: users lose the ability of the "Autotext" when this is done. Not sure what else they lose, but this is a biggie. Many users still need to put header/footer stuff but are unable to because they are using the modified template that I pushed out instead of the original that comes with Word. Tested: If i manually go to a workstation, and make the modifications that are required, this does not happen. It only happens when pushing via group policy or coping, not sure where the issue lies, but wondered if there is a way to do this so that the end users still have full functionality of thier word. |
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