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Normal.dot default styles
I have a Windows 2000 PC and I use Word 2003, recently upgraded from Word
2000. I have searched for this answer in the MVP sites and newsgroups and cannot find it. What styles should be in the normal.dot template?. I cannot find a normal.dot template on my machine when searching for it in Windows. It displays, however, in Word's Tools | Templates and Add-Ins | Organize view. In that view, the normal.dot template has many styles that were mistakenly added to it. Once I know what styles should be in the normal.dot template (and remove the extraneous ones), I can begin re-creating new templates for the several types of documents we write here. (The current templates came from this "corrupted" normal.dot template.) Thank you in advance. |
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Hi Linda-
If you are certain that the styles should not be there, have Word gewnerate a new Normal.dot: Make sure Word is not running. Since location may vary, use the Windows Search feature, but specify including "Hidden" files. When you locate the file, *Do Not* delete it! Just rename it as OldNormal.dot or something similar. When you launch Word it will create the new Normal.dot file based on original specs. HTH |:) "LindaNorcross" wrote: I have a Windows 2000 PC and I use Word 2003, recently upgraded from Word 2000. I have searched for this answer in the MVP sites and newsgroups and cannot find it. What styles should be in the normal.dot template?. I cannot find a normal.dot template on my machine when searching for it in Windows. It displays, however, in Word's Tools | Templates and Add-Ins | Organize view. In that view, the normal.dot template has many styles that were mistakenly added to it. Once I know what styles should be in the normal.dot template (and remove the extraneous ones), I can begin re-creating new templates for the several types of documents we write here. (The current templates came from this "corrupted" normal.dot template.) Thank you in advance. |
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First, normal.dot has many styles that you will probably never use. It is a
catch-all and the styles you are seeing may be in the original. Second, you do have a normal.dot if you are running Word; on many systems normal.dot is hidden. You must have your Windows folder view options set to show hidden and system files (and preferably to show extensions for known file types). When you are doing a search in Windows for a file, you may need to specify that you want to find hidden or system files. Follow the instructions to generate a new normal.dot at http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErr...ocNotBlank.htm to see a fresh normal.dot. -- 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. "LindaNorcross" wrote in message ... I have a Windows 2000 PC and I use Word 2003, recently upgraded from Word 2000. I have searched for this answer in the MVP sites and newsgroups and cannot find it. What styles should be in the normal.dot template?. I cannot find a normal.dot template on my machine when searching for it in Windows. It displays, however, in Word's Tools | Templates and Add-Ins | Organize view. In that view, the normal.dot template has many styles that were mistakenly added to it. Once I know what styles should be in the normal.dot template (and remove the extraneous ones), I can begin re-creating new templates for the several types of documents we write here. (The current templates came from this "corrupted" normal.dot template.) Thank you in advance. |
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And note that you don't have to actually open Normal.dot to see what styles
are in it. Once you're sure you're dealing with a default copy, any "Blank Document" you create will contain those styles, which you can see by opening the Styles dialog or in the Style box if you press Shift while clicking the down arrow. To get to the Styles dialog, select Custom at the bottom of the Styles and Formatting task pane, then click Styles... in the Format Settings dialog. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... First, normal.dot has many styles that you will probably never use. It is a catch-all and the styles you are seeing may be in the original. Second, you do have a normal.dot if you are running Word; on many systems normal.dot is hidden. You must have your Windows folder view options set to show hidden and system files (and preferably to show extensions for known file types). When you are doing a search in Windows for a file, you may need to specify that you want to find hidden or system files. Follow the instructions to generate a new normal.dot at http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErr...ocNotBlank.htm to see a fresh normal.dot. -- 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. "LindaNorcross" wrote in message ... I have a Windows 2000 PC and I use Word 2003, recently upgraded from Word 2000. I have searched for this answer in the MVP sites and newsgroups and cannot find it. What styles should be in the normal.dot template?. I cannot find a normal.dot template on my machine when searching for it in Windows. It displays, however, in Word's Tools | Templates and Add-Ins | Organize view. In that view, the normal.dot template has many styles that were mistakenly added to it. Once I know what styles should be in the normal.dot template (and remove the extraneous ones), I can begin re-creating new templates for the several types of documents we write here. (The current templates came from this "corrupted" normal.dot template.) Thank you in advance. |
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