I have Microsoft Word 2002 and my Normal template was somehow changed so that
it now has text in it. I've read the previous posts about this, and none of
them has worked. Does anyone know how to change the Normal template so that
it comes up blank?

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...ocNotBlank.htm .

renee1021 wrote:

I have Microsoft Word 2002 and my Normal template was somehow changed so that
it now has text in it. I've read the previous posts about this, and none of
them has worked. Does anyone know how to change the Normal template so that
it comes up blank?

[Sandhill54]

I've not read the other posts, so I'm not sure what they said. I just today
upgraded to Office 2007 (that's why I was here looking for answers to
something else).

When I had Word 2002, this is how I adjusted the normal.dot. I'll see if I
remember it without being able to see it.

In Word, click File, Open, then click on the bottom window to select
"template .dot" or something like that. It should automatically take you to
the place Office keeps the templates.

In my Office 2002, templates were in my user account (the name that I
clicked on to start Windows), then Applications (or something like that),
Microsoft, Templates. Or, in Windows Explorer or My Computer, do a search on
"normal.dot". It will show you where the normal.dot is kept. Write down the
path and then you can navigate to it in Word.

Open normal.dot, and make your changes. Save it and then close it. That
should fix it.

Good luck!

"renee1021" wrote:

I have Microsoft Word 2002 and my Normal template was somehow changed so that
it now has text in it. I've read the previous posts about this, and none of
them has worked. Does anyone know how to change the Normal template so that
it comes up blank?

[Stefan Blom]

Note that you have replied to a message that is three years old.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Sandhill54" wrote:

I've not read the other posts, so I'm not sure what they said. I just today
upgraded to Office 2007 (that's why I was here looking for answers to
something else).

When I had Word 2002, this is how I adjusted the normal.dot. I'll see if I
remember it without being able to see it.

In Word, click File, Open, then click on the bottom window to select
"template .dot" or something like that. It should automatically take you to
the place Office keeps the templates.

In my Office 2002, templates were in my user account (the name that I
clicked on to start Windows), then Applications (or something like that),
Microsoft, Templates. Or, in Windows Explorer or My Computer, do a search on
"normal.dot". It will show you where the normal.dot is kept. Write down the
path and then you can navigate to it in Word.

Open normal.dot, and make your changes. Save it and then close it. That
should fix it.

Good luck!

"renee1021" wrote:

I have Microsoft Word 2002 and my Normal template was somehow changed so that
it now has text in it. I've read the previous posts about this, and none of
them has worked. Does anyone know how to change the Normal template so that
it comes up blank?

[Sandhill54]

How embarrassing; thanks for telling me. Shows how brain-dead I was after
upgrading my Office XP to 2007, huh?

I was searching for help on changing the normal template in Word 2007 to fit
my needs, and ended up there. I was so relieved to see that I might have a
bit of knowledge to contribute, I just answered it.

Next time I try to be helpful, I'll check the date.

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Note that you have replied to a message that is three years old.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Sandhill54" wrote:

I've not read the other posts, so I'm not sure what they said. I just today
upgraded to Office 2007 (that's why I was here looking for answers to
something else).

When I had Word 2002, this is how I adjusted the normal.dot. I'll see if I
remember it without being able to see it.

In Word, click File, Open, then click on the bottom window to select
"template .dot" or something like that. It should automatically take you to
the place Office keeps the templates.

In my Office 2002, templates were in my user account (the name that I
clicked on to start Windows), then Applications (or something like that),
Microsoft, Templates. Or, in Windows Explorer or My Computer, do a search on
"normal.dot". It will show you where the normal.dot is kept. Write down the
path and then you can navigate to it in Word.

Open normal.dot, and make your changes. Save it and then close it. That
should fix it.

Good luck!

"renee1021" wrote:

I have Microsoft Word 2002 and my Normal template was somehow changed so that
it now has text in it. I've read the previous posts about this, and none of
them has worked. Does anyone know how to change the Normal template so that
it comes up blank?

[Stefan Blom]

Well, the underlying problem is that the search results you get in the web
interface for newsgroups are not sorted by date. :-(

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Sandhill54" wrote in message
...
How embarrassing; thanks for telling me. Shows how brain-dead I was after
upgrading my Office XP to 2007, huh?

I was searching for help on changing the normal template in Word 2007 to
fit
my needs, and ended up there. I was so relieved to see that I might have
a
bit of knowledge to contribute, I just answered it.

Next time I try to be helpful, I'll check the date.

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Note that you have replied to a message that is three years old.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Sandhill54" wrote:

I've not read the other posts, so I'm not sure what they said. I just
today
upgraded to Office 2007 (that's why I was here looking for answers to
something else).

When I had Word 2002, this is how I adjusted the normal.dot. I'll see
if I
remember it without being able to see it.

In Word, click File, Open, then click on the bottom window to select
"template .dot" or something like that. It should automatically take
you to
the place Office keeps the templates.

In my Office 2002, templates were in my user account (the name that I
clicked on to start Windows), then Applications (or something like
that),
Microsoft, Templates. Or, in Windows Explorer or My Computer, do a
search on
"normal.dot". It will show you where the normal.dot is kept. Write
down the
path and then you can navigate to it in Word.

Open normal.dot, and make your changes. Save it and then close it.
That
should fix it.

Good luck!

"renee1021" wrote:

I have Microsoft Word 2002 and my Normal template was somehow changed
so that
it now has text in it. I've read the previous posts about this, and
none of
them has worked. Does anyone know how to change the Normal template
so that
it comes up blank?

[Barb Meek]

I'm very frustrated trying to change my normal.dotm in Word 2007. First of
all, the directions for even locating it are inaccurate in Microsoft's help
center. But...I searched and think I found the document anyway. For some
reason, the "normal" style defaults to "10 pt after paragraph" and won't
accept my change to delete that. Or maybe I'm looking at the wrong
normal.dotm file. There seem to be several.

Any way I can find the real base template for my blank documents and get it
to stop doing that?

Any help is appreciated -- Barb

"Sandhill54" wrote:

How embarrassing; thanks for telling me. Shows how brain-dead I was after
upgrading my Office XP to 2007, huh?

I was searching for help on changing the normal template in Word 2007 to fit
my needs, and ended up there. I was so relieved to see that I might have a
bit of knowledge to contribute, I just answered it.

Next time I try to be helpful, I'll check the date.

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Note that you have replied to a message that is three years old.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Sandhill54" wrote:

I've not read the other posts, so I'm not sure what they said. I just today
upgraded to Office 2007 (that's why I was here looking for answers to
something else).

When I had Word 2002, this is how I adjusted the normal.dot. I'll see if I
remember it without being able to see it.

In Word, click File, Open, then click on the bottom window to select
"template .dot" or something like that. It should automatically take you to
the place Office keeps the templates.

In my Office 2002, templates were in my user account (the name that I
clicked on to start Windows), then Applications (or something like that),
Microsoft, Templates. Or, in Windows Explorer or My Computer, do a search on
"normal.dot". It will show you where the normal.dot is kept. Write down the
path and then you can navigate to it in Word.

Open normal.dot, and make your changes. Save it and then close it. That
should fix it.

Good luck!

"renee1021" wrote:

I have Microsoft Word 2002 and my Normal template was somehow changed so that
it now has text in it. I've read the previous posts about this, and none of
them has worked. Does anyone know how to change the Normal template so that
it comes up blank?

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Barb,

With a blank document open, try using Alt, T, I
and then in the dialog that comes up if the Attached template listed is 'Normal' click on the [Attach] button. That will take you
to the folder where the currently in use copy resides

Can you provide a link or a title of the help page that appears to have the incorrect information?

===========
"Barb Meek" wrote in message ...
I'm very frustrated trying to change my normal.dotm in Word 2007. First of
all, the directions for even locating it are inaccurate in Microsoft's help
center. But...I searched and think I found the document anyway. For some
reason, the "normal" style defaults to "10 pt after paragraph" and won't
accept my change to delete that. Or maybe I'm looking at the wrong
normal.dotm file. There seem to be several.

Any way I can find the real base template for my blank documents and get it
to stop doing that?

Any help is appreciated -- Barb
--

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

[Graham Mayor]

There should only be one normal.dotm file (the others could be links?) and
it will be in the folder defined at Word Options Advanced File Locations
User Templates. If there really are more than one normal template, you
might investigate why the rest are present and if they are not required by
other users, remove them.

With the template open for editing, you can edit the normal style to remove
the spacing (and it might be a plan to edit the no spacing style and add the
spacing - then rename it (say) Spaced Normal.)

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




Barb Meek wrote:
I'm very frustrated trying to change my normal.dotm in Word 2007.
First of all, the directions for even locating it are inaccurate in
Microsoft's help center. But...I searched and think I found the
document anyway. For some reason, the "normal" style defaults to "10
pt after paragraph" and won't accept my change to delete that. Or
maybe I'm looking at the wrong normal.dotm file. There seem to be
several.

Any way I can find the real base template for my blank documents and
get it to stop doing that?

Any help is appreciated -- Barb

"Sandhill54" wrote:

How embarrassing; thanks for telling me. Shows how brain-dead I was
after upgrading my Office XP to 2007, huh?

I was searching for help on changing the normal template in Word
2007 to fit my needs, and ended up there. I was so relieved to see
that I might have a bit of knowledge to contribute, I just answered
it.

Next time I try to be helpful, I'll check the date.

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Note that you have replied to a message that is three years old.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Sandhill54" wrote:

I've not read the other posts, so I'm not sure what they said. I
just today upgraded to Office 2007 (that's why I was here looking
for answers to something else).

When I had Word 2002, this is how I adjusted the normal.dot. I'll
see if I remember it without being able to see it.

In Word, click File, Open, then click on the bottom window to
select "template .dot" or something like that. It should
automatically take you to the place Office keeps the templates.

In my Office 2002, templates were in my user account (the name
that I clicked on to start Windows), then Applications (or
something like that), Microsoft, Templates. Or, in Windows
Explorer or My Computer, do a search on "normal.dot". It will
show you where the normal.dot is kept. Write down the path and
then you can navigate to it in Word.

Open normal.dot, and make your changes. Save it and then close
it. That should fix it.

Good luck!

"renee1021" wrote:

I have Microsoft Word 2002 and my Normal template was somehow
changed so that it now has text in it. I've read the previous
posts about this, and none of them has worked. Does anyone know
how to change the Normal template so that it comes up blank?

[JTR]

Do a search for "NORMAL.DOT". Once the search finds it, DELETE IT. MS Word
will recreate the file with its normal default settings.... which is the
blank you are looking for.

"renee1021" wrote:

I have Microsoft Word 2002 and my Normal template was somehow changed so that
it now has text in it. I've read the previous posts about this, and none of
them has worked. Does anyone know how to change the Normal template so that
it comes up blank?

[Graham Mayor]

"JTR" wrote in message
news
Do a search for "NORMAL.DOT". Once the search finds it, DELETE IT. MS Word
will recreate the file with its normal default settings.... which is the
blank you are looking for.

Although this is a reply to an old post and probably no longer relevant DO
NOT do this! Deleting the normal template will remove all your
personalisations, macros etc that may have taken a long time to accumulate.
ALWAYS rename the normal template so that the customisations can be
recovered.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org

[Graham Mayor]

"JTR" wrote in message
news
Do a search for "NORMAL.DOT". Once the search finds it, DELETE IT. MS Word
will recreate the file with its normal default settings.... which is the
blank you are looking for.

Although this is a reply to an old post and probably no longer relevant DO
NOT do this! Deleting the normal template will remove all your
personalisations, macros etc that may have taken a long time to accumulate.
ALWAYS rename the normal template so that the customisations can be
recovered.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org

[JTR]

Do a search for "NORMAL.DOT". Once the search finds it, DELETE IT. MS Word
will recreate the file with its normal default settings.... which is the
blank you are looking for.

"renee1021" wrote:

I have Microsoft Word 2002 and my Normal template was somehow changed so that
it now has text in it. I've read the previous posts about this, and none of
them has worked. Does anyone know how to change the Normal template so that
it comes up blank?