How do you change the font for normal.dot in Office XP? I have done the
Style/Formating/Normal/Add to template thing, but it only holds for that one
document. If I open a new document, its back to the default New Times Roman.
--
Thanks,
CSS

Holds for that one document, or for that Word session? If the latter, see
http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adob...at_toolbar.htm and
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/331259.html.

Otherwise, see http://addbalance.com/word/defaultfont.htm.

Hope this helps,
--
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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"CSS" wrote in message
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How do you change the font for normal.dot in Office XP? I have done the
Style/Formating/Normal/Add to template thing, but it only holds for that
one
document. If I open a new document, its back to the default New Times
Roman.
--
Thanks,
CSS

I did all this, but it won't let me save normal.dot. It says I have to give
it a different name.
--
Thanks,
CSS


"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

Holds for that one document, or for that Word session? If the latter, see
http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adob...at_toolbar.htm and
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/331259.html.

Otherwise, see http://addbalance.com/word/defaultfont.htm.

Hope this helps,
--
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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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How do you change the font for normal.dot in Office XP? I have done the
Style/Formating/Normal/Add to template thing, but it only holds for that
one
document. If I open a new document, its back to the default New Times
Roman.
--
Thanks,
CSS

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm, but
if your new defaults are not being preserved, and you are using Acrobat 7,
see the last section of
http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adob...at_toolbar.htm

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"CSS" wrote in message
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How do you change the font for normal.dot in Office XP? I have done the
Style/Formating/Normal/Add to template thing, but it only holds for that
one
document. If I open a new document, its back to the default New Times
Roman.
--
Thanks,
CSS

Suzanne, I have searched for the normal.dot file and I have several. You
attachment says to look at the File Locations tab of Tools|Options...The path
given for "user templates" is wher eyou need to look. I may be stupid, but I
can't fint the File Locations tab of Tools|Options.
--
Thanks,
CSS


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm, but
if your new defaults are not being preserved, and you are using Acrobat 7,
see the last section of
http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adob...at_toolbar.htm

--
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.

"CSS" wrote in message
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How do you change the font for normal.dot in Office XP? I have done the
Style/Formating/Normal/Add to template thing, but it only holds for that
one
document. If I open a new document, its back to the default New Times
Roman.
--
Thanks,
CSS

You should only have one normal.dot.

Under the Tools menu is a choice of Options. Choose it. This brings up a
dialog box. Along the top of the dialog box are tabs that let you look at
different pages. Click on the one that says "File Locations."
Select "User Templates" and click on Modify to view the full path.

Then rename normal.dot found in any other location to something like
normalnot.dot.

Is normal.dot, the one remaining, read-only? Is it on a network folder for
which you do not have edit permissions?
--
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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!

My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com
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"CSS" wrote in message
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Suzanne, I have searched for the normal.dot file and I have several. You
attachment says to look at the File Locations tab of Tools|Options...The
path
given for "user templates" is wher eyou need to look. I may be stupid,
but I
can't fint the File Locations tab of Tools|Options.
--
Thanks,
CSS


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm,
but
if your new defaults are not being preserved, and you are using Acrobat
7,
see the last section of
http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adob...at_toolbar.htm

--
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.

"CSS" wrote in message
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How do you change the font for normal.dot in Office XP? I have done
the
Style/Formating/Normal/Add to template thing, but it only holds for
that
one
document. If I open a new document, its back to the default New Times
Roman.
--
Thanks,
CSS

Note also that a lot of the Normal.dot "files" that you'll find with Windows
Search prove, on closer inspection, to be only shortcuts.

--
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
...
You should only have one normal.dot.

Under the Tools menu is a choice of Options. Choose it. This brings up a
dialog box. Along the top of the dialog box are tabs that let you look at
different pages. Click on the one that says "File Locations."
Select "User Templates" and click on Modify to view the full path.

Then rename normal.dot found in any other location to something like
normalnot.dot.

Is normal.dot, the one remaining, read-only? Is it on a network folder for
which you do not have edit permissions?
--
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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!

My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com
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"CSS" wrote in message
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Suzanne, I have searched for the normal.dot file and I have several.
You
attachment says to look at the File Locations tab of Tools|Options...The
path
given for "user templates" is wher eyou need to look. I may be stupid,
but I
can't fint the File Locations tab of Tools|Options.
--
Thanks,
CSS


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm,
but
if your new defaults are not being preserved, and you are using Acrobat
7,
see the last section of
http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adob...at_toolbar.htm

--
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.

"CSS" wrote in message
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How do you change the font for normal.dot in Office XP? I have done
the
Style/Formating/Normal/Add to template thing, but it only holds for
that
one
document. If I open a new document, its back to the default New
Times
Roman.
--
Thanks,
CSS