"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
Some IT people think it clever to change normal.dot for a new clean
one
every time you log in, which will wipe all your settings [...]


I've experienced that -- and worse: At one time I was on a
system where the administrator thought it was a good idea to delete
everything in the user profile (including desktop items and custom
Word templates) on each log-in. sigh Fortunately, the administrator
was eventually brought to his senses.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP