It sounds as if something is resetting Normal.dot to the default on startup.
Are you on a corporate network? If not, are you sure you don't have more
than one Normal.dot and possibly modified the wrong one?
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"leeper" wrote in message
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The only way I can add to my AutoText entries is to literally open
Normal.dot, add the entry, then save Normal.dot. Otherwise, I can add the
entry but it only lasts until I close down Word. When I reopen Word, the
entries aren't there again. I used to be able to add the AutoText and it
would update and stay. Help. Thanks,