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Changing the startup view
This has been asked and answered many times, but I'm having problems again.
Somehow my opening template (presumably normal.dot) has been changed - I don't know how. So the opening toolbars are filled with icons I don't use, and missing some I do use. I thought that the procedure was to do a File | Open and select file type as Templates. Then fix the toolbars and File | Save. Since I can't save the template as normal.dot, while it's in use, I save it as normal1.dot, in the same template folder as normal.dot. Then I close Word, use explorer to get to the templates folder, delete normal.dot, and rename normal1.dot as normal.dot. The problem is that reopening Word has me back where I started. Where am I going wrong? -- PT |
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On Feb 9, 1:04 pm, "PT" wrote:
This has been asked and answered many times, but I'm having problems again. Somehow my opening template (presumably normal.dot) has been changed - I don't know how. So the opening toolbars are filled with icons I don't use, and missing some I do use. I thought that the procedure was to do a File | Open and select file type as Templates. Then fix the toolbars and File | Save. Since I can't save the template as normal.dot, while it's in use, I save it as normal1.dot, in the same template folder as normal.dot. Then I close Word, use explorer to get to the templates folder, delete normal.dot, and rename normal1.dot as normal.dot. The problem is that reopening Word has me back where I started. Where am I going wrong? -- PT First I would go to ToolsOptionsSave and verify that prompt to save Normal.dot is checked. Then close Word. Go to your template folder and an make sure that is no orphan Normal.dot file hanging around. I forget exactly what it looks like, but I think it has the squiggly symbol or dollar sign or both in the name. Delete it if found Now restart Word. Open any document. Customize your menus, etc (just do one or two now as a test). Close Word, when prompted to save normal.dot say yes. That should be it. |
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Changing the startup view
That did it - Thanks for the tip
-- PT "Greg Maxey" wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 9, 1:04 pm, "PT" wrote: This has been asked and answered many times, but I'm having problems again. Somehow my opening template (presumably normal.dot) has been changed - I don't know how. So the opening toolbars are filled with icons I don't use, and missing some I do use. I thought that the procedure was to do a File | Open and select file type as Templates. Then fix the toolbars and File | Save. Since I can't save the template as normal.dot, while it's in use, I save it as normal1.dot, in the same template folder as normal.dot. Then I close Word, use explorer to get to the templates folder, delete normal.dot, and rename normal1.dot as normal.dot. The problem is that reopening Word has me back where I started. Where am I going wrong? -- PT First I would go to ToolsOptionsSave and verify that prompt to save Normal.dot is checked. Then close Word. Go to your template folder and an make sure that is no orphan Normal.dot file hanging around. I forget exactly what it looks like, but I think it has the squiggly symbol or dollar sign or both in the name. Delete it if found Now restart Word. Open any document. Customize your menus, etc (just do one or two now as a test). Close Word, when prompted to save normal.dot say yes. That should be it. |
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Changing the startup view
Right-click on a Toolbar and select Customize. Select the option to Always
Show Full Menus. That will turn off that daft adaptive menu crap. -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Greg Maxey" wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 9, 1:04 pm, "PT" wrote: This has been asked and answered many times, but I'm having problems again. Somehow my opening template (presumably normal.dot) has been changed - I don't know how. So the opening toolbars are filled with icons I don't use, and missing some I do use. I thought that the procedure was to do a File | Open and select file type as Templates. Then fix the toolbars and File | Save. Since I can't save the template as normal.dot, while it's in use, I save it as normal1.dot, in the same template folder as normal.dot. Then I close Word, use explorer to get to the templates folder, delete normal.dot, and rename normal1.dot as normal.dot. The problem is that reopening Word has me back where I started. Where am I going wrong? -- PT First I would go to ToolsOptionsSave and verify that prompt to save Normal.dot is checked. Then close Word. Go to your template folder and an make sure that is no orphan Normal.dot file hanging around. I forget exactly what it looks like, but I think it has the squiggly symbol or dollar sign or both in the name. Delete it if found Now restart Word. Open any document. Customize your menus, etc (just do one or two now as a test). Close Word, when prompted to save normal.dot say yes. That should be it. |
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