FWIW, I
suspect that the hyphenation setting is stored in the Registry
rather than
Normal.dot.

I just tested creating a custom template with the hyphenation option
enabled, and it seems to be working: Whenever I create a new file from
that template, hyphenation is enabled. Perhaps you are saying that you
believe it works differently for normal.dot?

--
Stefan Blom


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
For starters, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm.
FWIW, I
suspect that the hyphenation setting is stored in the Registry
rather than
Normal.dot.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Phil James" wrote in message
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Help!

I can customize paragraph format, font, and a few other things.
What I
can't customize is page layout (to give "first page different")
and turn
on
automatic hyphenation.

I tried to do this by modifying "Normal.dot" but Word won't let me
save
the
modified version nor delete the unmodified one.

How do I do this?

Phil