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Word prompts to save template
Whenever I save a document in Word 2003 (11.6359.6360) SP1 that is based on a
template, it prompts me to save the template as well. Is this expected behavior, or is there some way around this? Thanks in advance, Pete |
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This will happen if you did something to change the template. Examples
include saving styles, recording a macro in the template, or attaching a mailmerge data file. Is it prompting to save a specific template or the normal.dot template? If the normal.dot template ... The message "Changes have been made that affect the global template - normal. Do you wish to save those changes?" is an important warning. It suppplements your virus detector and handles other potential problems. Its display means that changes have been made, whether you intended to make changes or not. You can also get it when your template has been altered by a poorly written Add-In program or by a virus. The reason for the message being shown repeatedly is almost always a poorly written Add-In. The Norton AV Office Plug-In seems to be the most frequent offender recently, but that can change as some other poorly written program comes on the market. Other offenders include the MS Works Suite Add-In, EZ-Photo, Scansoft, and Adobe Acrobat. These all install Add-Ins that mess with your normal.dot when they shouldn't do so and don't need to do so. Some of these are .dot files, others are installed. See URL: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CheckIfAddinsInstalled.htm for instructions on seeing what Add-Ins you have. (Having Add-Ins is not a bad thing. I run Word with 15 Add-Ins, most of which I wrote myself.) Start with the Add-Ins I've noted. If you have any of them, decide whether they are worth the annoyance they are causing you. Probably they are not. Disable any that are not worth the candle. Restart Word and see if your problem is gone. If not... If you start Word using Start = Run: Winword.exe /a you'll end up with Word out of the box loading without your saved normal.dot file, with no macros and no Add-Ins. You may notice that it loads much more quickly than you are used to seing. When you close it, you won't get the "normal.dot" prompt. Doing this may fix the problem, by itself, but probably will not. Generally, it is a diagnostic, not a fix. So, what you need to do is disable all of your Add-Ins (don't delete them). Start by moving .dot files out of your Word Startup folder, one-by-one, with Word closed. Restart Word and see if that Add-In caused the problem. If not, put it back in and take the next one out. (You can put them in a sub-folder of your Startup folder.) If none of them are the problem, move to the .com Add-Ins that have to be uninstalled. If your offender is not on my list, please write back and let us know which one caused your problems. Hope this helps, -- 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. "pcoulter" wrote in message ... Whenever I save a document in Word 2003 (11.6359.6360) SP1 that is based on a template, it prompts me to save the template as well. Is this expected behavior, or is there some way around this? Thanks in advance, Pete |
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OK, I checked out my COM add-ins, and found only one, the Microsoft CMS
Office Connector. I disabled this and restarted Word. The problem went away like a charm. Thanks! Pete |
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