Yes. This might happen if the AutoRecover feature is not being used or if it
had not yet had time to kick in (default interval is 10 minutes) between the
last time you saved and the plug pull. So, yes. There is a chance that
pulling the plug rather than closing Word normally could have caused the
problem. Note that Word is not alone in this respect... there are a number
of programs that can lose important files if they are not closed
judiciously.
If you don't have one... I would recommend buying a UPS. Even a
short-backup-time cheapo (under $50) would give you enough time to close
programs safely before losing power. My power is exceedingly unreliable, so
I wouldn't think of working without one.
--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog:
http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web:
http://www.herbtyson.com
"Gregory Leck" wrote in message
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Thank you for your reply.
I have to admit that even though I purchased Office a few months ago, I'm
just now in the process of getting under the hood, so to speak. Previously,
I used WordPerfect (since ver. 7.0).
To my knowledge I did not delete nor rename Normal.dotm. Last Thursday, we
experienced several power outages. After the first two power failures, I
unplugged the computer. Word was probably running during the first power
outage. Any chance that Normal.dotm was corrupted and summarily written over
during a reboot?
"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message
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These would have been stored in Normal.dotm--unless you specified a
different template when you created the custom styles and macros. Did you
delete or rename that file? Are you (perhaps) starting Word either using
the
/a switch or in Safe mode? Either of those would suppress Normal.dotm from
being opened.
If you stored the macros and styles in a different template (or in a
document), then they would show up only when editing a document based on
that template (or when editing that document).
--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
"Gregory Leck" wrote in message
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Word 2007
I haven't done anything -- to my knowledge -- that would have caused this.
It's as if Word was uninstalled and then subsequently reinstalled, or the
settings set to some default.
I had a few custome Styles that appeared in the ribbon. Moreover, I had a
few Macros that I had recorded, the whole of which were visible when I
clicked the "Delevoper" tab and then clicked on the Macro button. All
gone.
If anybody could point me in right direction, it would be much
appreciated.