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Can't change Global Template & can't find normal.dot....
I have recently changed to Office 2003 from Office XP but am completely
bewildered as to how to change the default document characteristics - margins, font etc. The 'default' button under 'page setup' doesn't seem to work - the original default page re-appears whenever I re-open Word. I've tried to 'manually' edit normal.dot but can't find it under Microsoft/templates - can anyone give any advice please: this was quite easy under Office XP! Best wishes Mark |
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Can't change Global Template & can't find normal.dot....
From the FAQ:
28. I can't save my customizations - AutoText, menus, etc. Can't save normal.dot... If you have Adobe Acrobat 7 installed see the last section of http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adob...at_toolbar.htm. Otherwise, hold down the Shift key when selecting the File menu and select Save All. See also http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/331259.html. 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! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- 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. "Mark Nicholls" wrote in message ... I have recently changed to Office 2003 from Office XP but am completely bewildered as to how to change the default document characteristics - margins, font etc. The 'default' button under 'page setup' doesn't seem to work - the original default page re-appears whenever I re-open Word. I've tried to 'manually' edit normal.dot but can't find it under Microsoft/templates - can anyone give any advice please: this was quite easy under Office XP! Best wishes Mark |
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Can't change Global Template & can't find normal.dot....
Hi Mark,
I have recently changed to Office 2003 from Office XP but am completely bewildered as to how to change the default document characteristics - margins, font etc. The 'default' button under 'page setup' doesn't seem to work - the original default page re-appears whenever I re-open Word. I've tried to 'manually' edit normal.dot but can't find it under Microsoft/templates - can anyone give any advice please: this was quite easy under Office XP! Not sure if this is going to help, but.. 1. Normal.dot was probably installed as "hidden". Try a Windows "search", and activate the Advanced option to include hidden folders and templates 2. If you upgraded, Word really should have kept your old Normal.dot. I can't tell from here what may or may not have happened, but when you do the search, do you get more than one "hit" for Normal.dot? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Can't change Global Template & can't find normal.dot....
Fantastic! It would appear all I needed to do was update Acrobat 7, which
has done the trick perfectly. Many thanks indeed for that! Best wishes Mark "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... From the FAQ: 28. I can't save my customizations - AutoText, menus, etc. Can't save normal.dot... If you have Adobe Acrobat 7 installed see the last section of http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adob...at_toolbar.htm. Otherwise, hold down the Shift key when selecting the File menu and select Save All. See also http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/331259.html. 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! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- 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. "Mark Nicholls" wrote in message ... I have recently changed to Office 2003 from Office XP but am completely bewildered as to how to change the default document characteristics - margins, font etc. The 'default' button under 'page setup' doesn't seem to work - the original default page re-appears whenever I re-open Word. I've tried to 'manually' edit normal.dot but can't find it under Microsoft/templates - can anyone give any advice please: this was quite easy under Office XP! Best wishes Mark |
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Can't change Global Template & can't find normal.dot....
Thanks for the suggestion Cindy, but the problem seems to have been because
of Acrobat 7, which I've now fixed thanks to Charles' message. Thanks any way for troubling to reply! Best wishes Mark "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote in message news:VA.0000c144.00e1bfbf@speedy... Hi Mark, I have recently changed to Office 2003 from Office XP but am completely bewildered as to how to change the default document characteristics - margins, font etc. The 'default' button under 'page setup' doesn't seem to work - the original default page re-appears whenever I re-open Word. I've tried to 'manually' edit normal.dot but can't find it under Microsoft/templates - can anyone give any advice please: this was quite easy under Office XP! Not sure if this is going to help, but.. 1. Normal.dot was probably installed as "hidden". Try a Windows "search", and activate the Advanced option to include hidden folders and templates 2. If you upgraded, Word really should have kept your old Normal.dot. I can't tell from here what may or may not have happened, but when you do the search, do you get more than one "hit" for Normal.dot? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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