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

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

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

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

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

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