On my home PC, I have my templates stored as:
c:\Documents and Settings\My Documents\My Templates\normal.dot etc. I also
have a Macro.dot which loads all my toolbar settings.

I am not sure where to keep these on my office PC as everything is kept on
the server so that we can all access all office files. When I start Word
2003, I get the message "Global template normal.dot already loaded" (or
something similar).

Can you help, please?

TIA

I sincerely hope that you are not trying to share normal.dot? That file
should be a personal file for each user. It is not designed to be shared!
Add-ins such as your macro.dot should be in the folder defined at tools
options file locations startup, which can be a common folder.
http://www.gmayor.com/Template_Locations.htm

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



oe wrote:
On my home PC, I have my templates stored as:
c:\Documents and Settings\My Documents\My Templates\normal.dot etc.
I also have a Macro.dot which loads all my toolbar settings.

I am not sure where to keep these on my office PC as everything is
kept on the server so that we can all access all office files. When I
start Word 2003, I get the message "Global template normal.dot
already loaded" (or something similar).

Can you help, please?

TIA

1) You should _not_ be trying to share normal.dot. It may be that you have
set a second normal.dot file as a separate global template. If so try
renaming it.

2) You should not be creating / loading toolbar changes using vba unless you
want the toolbar to be different every time you are starting Word. Instead,
make the changes once in a global template and then simply load that
template. It may be that this is what you are attempting; I just can't tell
from your post.

3) See http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm for step-by-step
instructions on moving / sharing / copying / backing-up customizations
including AutoText, AutoCorrect, keyboard assignments, toolbars, macros,
etc.
--

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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On my home PC, I have my templates stored as:
c:\Documents and Settings\My Documents\My Templates\normal.dot etc. I
also have a Macro.dot which loads all my toolbar settings.

I am not sure where to keep these on my office PC as everything is kept on
the server so that we can all access all office files. When I start Word
2003, I get the message "Global template normal.dot already loaded" (or
something similar).

Can you help, please?

TIA