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Saving customized menu
Hi Jacqui:
Well, it's partly because Word is designed to prevent what you are doing :-) If you use a global add-in and leave the user's Normal.dot alone, you will have a lot easier time of it. I don't think you're ever going to get a reliable result by distributing a "master" Normal.dot, and I would venture to say that you never have had :-) I guess most users won't tell you about the various ways they re-substitute their "own" Normal after you've done your distribution :-) However, if you make the changes to your OWN Normal template, making sure that you open the template as a document before you start, and that you do not have any other templates or documents open when you do, you have a better chance of success. Make sure you do not run Outlook in the session when you are changing Normal: log off, log back on without allowing Outlook to start. That kills the hidden instance of Word that will otherwise hold a second copy of Normal open in memory, leading to a bit of a lottery as to which version gets saved. When you have finished, quite Word and copy your Normal template, then Zip it before allowing Word or Outlook to start. Cheers On 13/9/06 7:40 PM, in article , "Jacqui" wrote: Hi Suzanne. In our firm. We maintain a master normal.dot which contains all macros, autotext etc and this is copied to the c drive of each user. We control the autotext, macros, toolbars etc so they can't create their own. This is the culture in the firm when I joined and which I have to work with. I've looked at the articles and they're very helpful - if we do change our practice I'll make sure I refer to them. In the meantime - why is making such changes to a template so difficult? -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Business Analyst, Consultant Technical Writer. Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 |
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