hi there,
i am using office 11 or also called office system 2003 with sp1 installed

it seems i don't have a normal.dot file on my computer. at least i can't
find the file using file search in windows explorer ...

when i try so save a word document giving it the name normal and selecting
to save it as a template it says "word cannot give a document the same name
as an open document. type a different name for the document you want to
save. (C:\Documents and Settings\...\normal.dot)"

but at the given location i can not see a file called normal.dot. my
explorer is set to show all files including system and hidden files so it
it's there i should see it.

so i am a little confused ...

- where is my normal.dot ?
- if it's on my computer why can't i see it ?
- what can i do to see it and edit it ?

thnx

this is weird

i opened word, and changed the font from times new roman to tahoma and then
saved the document as a template giving it the name normal_test.dot

then i closed word, opened the explorer, jumped to the location where the
normal_test.dot is and renamed it to normal.dot

word now uses this newly created normal.dot when opening

this resolves my problem but there are still the questions from my previous
post

maybe this is a new security feature to protect the default template ...

"Benjamin Adnam" wrote in message
...
hi there,
i am using office 11 or also called office system 2003 with sp1 installed

it seems i don't have a normal.dot file on my computer. at least i can't
find the file using file search in windows explorer ...

when i try so save a word document giving it the name normal and selecting
to save it as a template it says "word cannot give a document the same
name
as an open document. type a different name for the document you want to
save. (C:\Documents and Settings\...\normal.dot)"

but at the given location i can not see a file called normal.dot. my
explorer is set to show all files including system and hidden files so it
it's there i should see it.

so i am a little confused ...

- where is my normal.dot ?
- if it's on my computer why can't i see it ?
- what can i do to see it and edit it ?

thnx

You just lost all your autotext. See http://addbalance.com/defaultfont.htm,
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/apperrors/...ankcontent.htm,
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customizat...atecontent.htm.
--
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!
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"Benjamin Adnam" wrote in message
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this is weird

i opened word, and changed the font from times new roman to tahoma and
then
saved the document as a template giving it the name normal_test.dot

then i closed word, opened the explorer, jumped to the location where the
normal_test.dot is and renamed it to normal.dot

word now uses this newly created normal.dot when opening

this resolves my problem but there are still the questions from my
previous
post

maybe this is a new security feature to protect the default template ...

"Benjamin Adnam" wrote in message
...
hi there,
i am using office 11 or also called office system 2003 with sp1 installed

it seems i don't have a normal.dot file on my computer. at least i can't
find the file using file search in windows explorer ...

when i try so save a word document giving it the name normal and
selecting
to save it as a template it says "word cannot give a document the same
name
as an open document. type a different name for the document you want to
save. (C:\Documents and Settings\...\normal.dot)"

but at the given location i can not see a file called normal.dot. my
explorer is set to show all files including system and hidden files so it
it's there i should see it.

so i am a little confused ...

- where is my normal.dot ?
- if it's on my computer why can't i see it ?
- what can i do to see it and edit it ?

thnx