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New unwanted style called Char... gets created when I save as DOT template
Hi,
Whenever I save my Word doc as a template (.dot) it adds a new style to the style list called "Char Char1 Char Char Char1 Char". In the Modify Style window, it says the style type is "paragraph and character". Furthermore, there are a number of instances of text where this style is applied. This problem is repeatable. I can delete the style from the style list without seeming to adversely affect the text to which it is applied, but it reappears when I open the file again. I thought that I could get rid of this with a registry tweak I found in another post, but it seems that that was for a slightly different problem as it doesn't solve mine. Any ideas? After a long time setting up my templates this is not what I need. Cheers, Adrian MS Word 2003 (11.6568.6568) SP2 on Windows XP SP2 |
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New unwanted style called Char... gets created when I save as DOT template
See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=902064
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Adrian wrote: Hi, Whenever I save my Word doc as a template (.dot) it adds a new style to the style list called "Char Char1 Char Char Char1 Char". In the Modify Style window, it says the style type is "paragraph and character". Furthermore, there are a number of instances of text where this style is applied. This problem is repeatable. I can delete the style from the style list without seeming to adversely affect the text to which it is applied, but it reappears when I open the file again. I thought that I could get rid of this with a registry tweak I found in another post, but it seems that that was for a slightly different problem as it doesn't solve mine. Any ideas? After a long time setting up my templates this is not what I need. Cheers, Adrian MS Word 2003 (11.6568.6568) SP2 on Windows XP SP2 |
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New unwanted style called Char... gets created when I save as DOT template
Thanks Graham.
I saw this link before but it refers to Word 2002 whereas I am on Word 2003. Furthermore, when I "check for updates" at the Microsoft Office site, no such hotfix gets listed. The web link you sent says to contact Microsoft for the hotfix. Should I do this and apply the fix anyway, even though I am on Word 2003? Cheers, Adrian "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=902064 -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Adrian wrote: Hi, Whenever I save my Word doc as a template (.dot) it adds a new style to the style list called "Char Char1 Char Char Char1 Char". In the Modify Style window, it says the style type is "paragraph and character". Furthermore, there are a number of instances of text where this style is applied. This problem is repeatable. I can delete the style from the style list without seeming to adversely affect the text to which it is applied, but it reappears when I open the file again. I thought that I could get rid of this with a registry tweak I found in another post, but it seems that that was for a slightly different problem as it doesn't solve mine. Any ideas? After a long time setting up my templates this is not what I need. Cheers, Adrian MS Word 2003 (11.6568.6568) SP2 on Windows XP SP2 |
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New unwanted style called Char... gets created when I save as DOT template
In any case, I managed to get rid of the unwanted style (for good it seems)
as follows: i. Back up original doc to new location. ii. Save DOC as RTF (macros get obliterated) iii. Save RTF as DOC iv. Copy macros over from the backed up doc to new doc v. Make DOT template from DOC file. Result: unwanted char styles do not appear in DOT file (or in any Docs created from it). Cheers, Adrian "Adrian" wrote in message ... Thanks Graham. I saw this link before but it refers to Word 2002 whereas I am on Word 2003. Furthermore, when I "check for updates" at the Microsoft Office site, no such hotfix gets listed. The web link you sent says to contact Microsoft for the hotfix. Should I do this and apply the fix anyway, even though I am on Word 2003? Cheers, Adrian "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=902064 -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Adrian wrote: Hi, Whenever I save my Word doc as a template (.dot) it adds a new style to the style list called "Char Char1 Char Char Char1 Char". In the Modify Style window, it says the style type is "paragraph and character". Furthermore, there are a number of instances of text where this style is applied. This problem is repeatable. I can delete the style from the style list without seeming to adversely affect the text to which it is applied, but it reappears when I open the file again. I thought that I could get rid of this with a registry tweak I found in another post, but it seems that that was for a slightly different problem as it doesn't solve mine. Any ideas? After a long time setting up my templates this is not what I need. Cheers, Adrian MS Word 2003 (11.6568.6568) SP2 on Windows XP SP2 |
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New unwanted style called Char... gets created when I save as DOT template
That's a relief? However I hope this is not normal.dot that you are
messing with in this way? Only Word can create normal.dot correctly and will do so if it is missing. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Adrian wrote: In any case, I managed to get rid of the unwanted style (for good it seems) as follows: i. Back up original doc to new location. ii. Save DOC as RTF (macros get obliterated) iii. Save RTF as DOC iv. Copy macros over from the backed up doc to new doc v. Make DOT template from DOC file. Result: unwanted char styles do not appear in DOT file (or in any Docs created from it). Cheers, Adrian "Adrian" wrote in message ... Thanks Graham. I saw this link before but it refers to Word 2002 whereas I am on Word 2003. Furthermore, when I "check for updates" at the Microsoft Office site, no such hotfix gets listed. The web link you sent says to contact Microsoft for the hotfix. Should I do this and apply the fix anyway, even though I am on Word 2003? Cheers, Adrian "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=902064 -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Adrian wrote: Hi, Whenever I save my Word doc as a template (.dot) it adds a new style to the style list called "Char Char1 Char Char Char1 Char". In the Modify Style window, it says the style type is "paragraph and character". Furthermore, there are a number of instances of text where this style is applied. This problem is repeatable. I can delete the style from the style list without seeming to adversely affect the text to which it is applied, but it reappears when I open the file again. I thought that I could get rid of this with a registry tweak I found in another post, but it seems that that was for a slightly different problem as it doesn't solve mine. Any ideas? After a long time setting up my templates this is not what I need. Cheers, Adrian MS Word 2003 (11.6568.6568) SP2 on Windows XP SP2 |
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New unwanted style called Char... gets created when I save as DOT template
No, it's not normal.dot, but thanks for checking!
Adrian "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... That's a relief? However I hope this is not normal.dot that you are messing with in this way? Only Word can create normal.dot correctly and will do so if it is missing. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Adrian wrote: In any case, I managed to get rid of the unwanted style (for good it seems) as follows: i. Back up original doc to new location. ii. Save DOC as RTF (macros get obliterated) iii. Save RTF as DOC iv. Copy macros over from the backed up doc to new doc v. Make DOT template from DOC file. Result: unwanted char styles do not appear in DOT file (or in any Docs created from it). Cheers, Adrian "Adrian" wrote in message ... Thanks Graham. I saw this link before but it refers to Word 2002 whereas I am on Word 2003. Furthermore, when I "check for updates" at the Microsoft Office site, no such hotfix gets listed. The web link you sent says to contact Microsoft for the hotfix. Should I do this and apply the fix anyway, even though I am on Word 2003? Cheers, Adrian "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=902064 -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Adrian wrote: Hi, Whenever I save my Word doc as a template (.dot) it adds a new style to the style list called "Char Char1 Char Char Char1 Char". In the Modify Style window, it says the style type is "paragraph and character". Furthermore, there are a number of instances of text where this style is applied. This problem is repeatable. I can delete the style from the style list without seeming to adversely affect the text to which it is applied, but it reappears when I open the file again. I thought that I could get rid of this with a registry tweak I found in another post, but it seems that that was for a slightly different problem as it doesn't solve mine. Any ideas? After a long time setting up my templates this is not what I need. Cheers, Adrian MS Word 2003 (11.6568.6568) SP2 on Windows XP SP2 |
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