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Strange File Save behavior
I'm consistently seeing some curious behavior when I go to Save
new documents. First, I'll Save the document with absolutely no hiccups. Then, on the next Save operation, I will get a notice that there are errors in the file. Do I want to see the repairs or just save, or cancel. If I select See the repairs, nothing shows, so I just Save. Thereafter, Saving the file occurs without incident. So, I think there is an error in my Normal.dot template, but it's minor enough that it doesn't show. Since I've redone much of the template, and exported elements out to auxiliary templates to lighten the load on normal.dot, I don't think there's much I can do about that. But what baffles me is why the error doesn't show up on the FIRST Save rather than the second. p. -- Using Office 2003 sp3 on Windows XP Home |
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Strange File Save behavior
Exit Word. Then locate and rename the normal.dot file. Normal.dot will be in
your user profile, but you can find it quickly via Windows find utility (press Windows key + F to open it). Be sure to search hidden files and folders. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Paul B" wrote: I'm consistently seeing some curious behavior when I go to Save new documents. First, I'll Save the document with absolutely no hiccups. Then, on the next Save operation, I will get a notice that there are errors in the file. Do I want to see the repairs or just save, or cancel. If I select See the repairs, nothing shows, so I just Save. Thereafter, Saving the file occurs without incident. So, I think there is an error in my Normal.dot template, but it's minor enough that it doesn't show. Since I've redone much of the template, and exported elements out to auxiliary templates to lighten the load on normal.dot, I don't think there's much I can do about that. But what baffles me is why the error doesn't show up on the FIRST Save rather than the second. p. -- Using Office 2003 sp3 on Windows XP Home |
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Strange File Save behavior
For more on troubleshooting in Word, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...artingWord.htm. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Stefan Blom" wrote: Exit Word. Then locate and rename the normal.dot file. Normal.dot will be in your user profile, but you can find it quickly via Windows find utility (press Windows key + F to open it). Be sure to search hidden files and folders. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Paul B" wrote: I'm consistently seeing some curious behavior when I go to Save new documents. First, I'll Save the document with absolutely no hiccups. Then, on the next Save operation, I will get a notice that there are errors in the file. Do I want to see the repairs or just save, or cancel. If I select See the repairs, nothing shows, so I just Save. Thereafter, Saving the file occurs without incident. So, I think there is an error in my Normal.dot template, but it's minor enough that it doesn't show. Since I've redone much of the template, and exported elements out to auxiliary templates to lighten the load on normal.dot, I don't think there's much I can do about that. But what baffles me is why the error doesn't show up on the FIRST Save rather than the second. p. -- Using Office 2003 sp3 on Windows XP Home |
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Strange File Save behavior
On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:06:01 -0700, Stefan Blom wrote:
Exit Word. Then locate and rename the normal.dot file. Normal.dot will be in your user profile, but you can find it quickly via Windows find utility (press Windows key + F to open it). Be sure to search hidden files and folders. I *really* do not want to lose my normal.dot, and I've made all kinds of attempts to rewrite or separate off parts of it to remove the error. So I'll put up with this anomaly unless it gets more serious. Thanks, p. -- Using Office 2003 sp3 on Windows XP Home |
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Strange File Save behavior
That's why you rename it rather than delete it.
On Jun 11, 1:37*pm, Paul B wrote: On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:06:01 -0700, Stefan Blom wrote: Exit Word. Then locate and rename the normal.dot file. Normal.dot will be in your user profile, but you can find it quickly via Windows find utility (press Windows key + F to open it). Be sure to search hidden files and folders. I *really* do not want to lose my normal.dot, and I've made all kinds of attempts to rewrite or separate off parts of it to remove the error. So I'll put up with this anomaly unless it gets more serious. Thanks, p. -- Using Office 2003 sp3 on Windows XP Home |
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Strange File Save behavior
Exactly. Renaming it means that it is still there, and you can copy styles
and/or (error-free) macros from it to your newly created copy of Normal. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "grammatim" wrote in message ... That's why you rename it rather than delete it. On Jun 11, 1:37 pm, Paul B wrote: On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:06:01 -0700, Stefan Blom wrote: Exit Word. Then locate and rename the normal.dot file. Normal.dot will be in your user profile, but you can find it quickly via Windows find utility (press Windows key + F to open it). Be sure to search hidden files and folders. I *really* do not want to lose my normal.dot, and I've made all kinds of attempts to rewrite or separate off parts of it to remove the error. So I'll put up with this anomaly unless it gets more serious. Thanks, p. -- Using Office 2003 sp3 on Windows XP Home |
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On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:20:22 +0200, Stefan Blom wrote:
Exactly. Renaming it means that it is still there, and you can copy styles and/or (error-free) macros from it to your newly created copy of Normal. Ok. Since I've done so much to try to eliminate the error, I have a feeling that the problem is in the custom toolbar I've created, which would take some time to replicate. I've exported it to a separate template, though, so I should be able to isolate it as a source of the problem. Will give this some more thought. Thanks, p. -- Using Office 2003 sp3 on Windows XP Home Behold, I will allure her, I will lead her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her - Ho. 2.14. http://onfollowingchrist.wordpress.com/ |
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Hopefully you will be able to fix this. If you run into further troubles,
post back. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Paul B" wrote in message ... On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:20:22 +0200, Stefan Blom wrote: Exactly. Renaming it means that it is still there, and you can copy styles and/or (error-free) macros from it to your newly created copy of Normal. Ok. Since I've done so much to try to eliminate the error, I have a feeling that the problem is in the custom toolbar I've created, which would take some time to replicate. I've exported it to a separate template, though, so I should be able to isolate it as a source of the problem. Will give this some more thought. Thanks, p. -- Using Office 2003 sp3 on Windows XP Home Behold, I will allure her, I will lead her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her - Ho. 2.14. http://onfollowingchrist.wordpress.com/ |
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