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Word not saving a default option. Why not?
Hey guys, I was having a problem with Word 2007 earlier today. It was
creating spaces between lines of text where I didn't want it to. For example: It would do this instead of do this. I figured out how to correct the problem by going to Paragraph and checking the "don't add space between paragraphs of the same style" option. Then I clicked on the "default" button, and clicked on YES to change the template. However, I opened up a new document and it went back to adding spaces again. I tried reselecting the option, clicking on default twice--once before I checked the option, once after, all sorts of things, but Word simply won't save it as default. Anything I can try? Thanks! |
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Word not saving a default option. Why not?
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If you are also using Adobe's PDFmaker add-in then it's known to discard
changed make to your Normal template when you exit Word. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email cannot be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ wrote in message ps.com... Hey guys, I was having a problem with Word 2007 earlier today. It was creating spaces between lines of text where I didn't want it to. For example: It would do this instead of do this. I figured out how to correct the problem by going to Paragraph and checking the "don't add space between paragraphs of the same style" option. Then I clicked on the "default" button, and clicked on YES to change the template. However, I opened up a new document and it went back to adding spaces again. I tried reselecting the option, clicking on default twice--once before I checked the option, once after, all sorts of things, but Word simply won't save it as default. Anything I can try? Thanks! |
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Word not saving a default option. Why not?
On Sep 13, 9:31 am, "Beth Melton" wrote:
If you are also using Adobe's PDFmaker add-in then it's known to discard changed make to your Normal template when you exit Word. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email cannot be acknowledged. As far as I know (or at least intended) my message was to be posted to the newsgroup. If that somehow did not occur, I apologize. My question is: How do I know if I'm using Adobe's PDF maker add in? I don't believe I am. Is there any other explanation? Thanks! |
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ups.com... On Sep 13, 9:31 am, "Beth Melton" wrote: If you are also using Adobe's PDFmaker add-in then it's known to discard changed make to your Normal template when you exit Word. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email cannot be acknowledged. As far as I know (or at least intended) my message was to be posted to the newsgroup. If that somehow did not occur, I apologize. No apology necessary, you posted to the newsgroup. What you are reading is my standard signature that is added to every post. Some newsreaders, such as Outlook Express, include a Reply button that will reply directly to the author. My signature is a gentle reminder to use the "Reply Group" button. :-) My question is: How do I know if I'm using Adobe's PDF maker add in? I don't believe I am. Is there any other explanation? Thanks! If you have Adobe (the writer version, not the reader) then you likely have the add-in. If you don't have Adobe (writer) installed then you won't. A quick check to see if your Normal template is indeed being saved is to click the Microsoft Office Button, click Word Options, and then click "Advanced". In the Save section (near the bottom) select the option: Prompt before saving Normal template. Then make the change again, click the Default button, and exit Word. If your changes are being saved then you should encounter a prompt to save changes to the Normal template before Word exits. There is another possibility so if you are prompted to save the changes but it still doesn't stick then post back and we'll go from there. -- Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email cannot be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ |
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Word not saving a default option. Why not?
On Sep 13, 4:32 pm, "Beth Melton" wrote:
wrote in message ups.com... On Sep 13, 9:31 am, "Beth Melton" wrote: If you are also using Adobe's PDFmaker add-in then it's known to discard changed make to your Normal template when you exit Word. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email cannot be acknowledged. As far as I know (or at least intended) my message was to be posted to the newsgroup. If that somehow did not occur, I apologize. No apology necessary, you posted to the newsgroup. What you are reading is my standard signature that is added to every post. Some newsreaders, such as Outlook Express, include a Reply button that will reply directly to the author. My signature is a gentle reminder to use the "Reply Group" button. :-) My question is: How do I know if I'm using Adobe's PDF maker add in? I don't believe I am. Is there any other explanation? Thanks! If you have Adobe (the writer version, not the reader) then you likely have the add-in. If you don't have Adobe (writer) installed then you won't. A quick check to see if your Normal template is indeed being saved is to click the Microsoft Office Button, click Word Options, and then click "Advanced". In the Save section (near the bottom) select the option: Prompt before saving Normal template. Then make the change again, click the Default button, and exit Word. If your changes are being saved then you should encounter a prompt to save changes to the Normal template before Word exits. There is another possibility so if you are prompted to save the changes but it still doesn't stick then post back and we'll go from there. Hey, thanks for your reply. I followed your directions and before I closed out of the document, Word did in fact let me know that I was making changes to the global template and it asked me if I wanted to save those changes. I selected yes. When I opened up Word again, the changes weren't saved. The box that said "don't add space between paragraphs of the same style" was unchecked. PS: I am not using Abode writer. Thanks! Justin |
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On Sep 13, 8:28 pm, wrote:
On Sep 13, 4:32 pm, "Beth Melton" wrote: wrote in message oups.com... On Sep 13, 9:31 am, "Beth Melton" wrote: If you are also using Adobe's PDFmaker add-in then it's known to discard changed make to your Normal template when you exit Word. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email cannot be acknowledged. As far as I know (or at least intended) my message was to be posted to the newsgroup. If that somehow did not occur, I apologize. No apology necessary, you posted to the newsgroup. What you are reading is my standard signature that is added to every post. Some newsreaders, such as Outlook Express, include a Reply button that will reply directly to the author. My signature is a gentle reminder to use the "Reply Group" button. :-) My question is: How do I know if I'm using Adobe's PDF maker add in? I don't believe I am. Is there any other explanation? Thanks! If you have Adobe (the writer version, not the reader) then you likely have the add-in. If you don't have Adobe (writer) installed then you won't. A quick check to see if your Normal template is indeed being saved is to click the Microsoft Office Button, click Word Options, and then click "Advanced". In the Save section (near the bottom) select the option: Prompt before saving Normal template. Then make the change again, click the Default button, and exit Word. If your changes are being saved then you should encounter a prompt to save changes to the Normal template before Word exits. There is another possibility so if you are prompted to save the changes but it still doesn't stick then post back and we'll go from there. Hey, thanks for your reply. I followed your directions and before I closed out of the document, Word did in fact let me know that I was making changes to the global template and it asked me if I wanted to save those changes. I selected yes. When I opened up Word again, the changes weren't saved. The box that said "don't add space between paragraphs of the same style" was unchecked. PS: I am not using Abode writer. Thanks! Justin This problem is so frustrating! |
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Word not saving a default option. Why not?
I'm not sure what you are doing here. If you are seeing spaces between
paragraphs, it is because the setting for Space After has been set to 10 pt (or whatever). WHen you type a paragraph and press return, a new paragraph is started with a gap of 10 pts between the paragraphs. This is normal procedu pressing enter twice to create the space is wrong. If you don't want a space between two lines, either use a line break or remove the SPace After attribute. The DOn't add Space between Paras of the Same Style is really for use with special lists (bullets) of between instances where you need to have two heading level 2, for example. Terry |
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Word not saving a default option. Why not?
It does appear this option isn't passed to the defaults. While the preferred
method is to utilized space between paragraphs instead of pressing Enter twice (as Terry noted), and to use the No Spacing style for those times when you do not want any space between paragraphs, I also realize this is not what everyone prefers so here's an alternate solution: - On the Home tab, in the Styles group, click Change Styles - Point to Style Sets and then click Word 2003 - Click Changes Styles again and then click Set As Default Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email cannot be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ wrote in message ups.com... Hey, thanks for your reply. I followed your directions and before I closed out of the document, Word did in fact let me know that I was making changes to the global template and it asked me if I wanted to save those changes. I selected yes. When I opened up Word again, the changes weren't saved. The box that said "don't add space between paragraphs of the same style" was unchecked. PS: I am not using Abode writer. Thanks! Justin |
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Word not saving a default option. Why not?
On Sep 14, 1:42 pm, "Beth Melton" wrote:
It does appear this option isn't passed to the defaults. While the preferred method is to utilized space between paragraphs instead of pressing Enter twice (as Terry noted), and to use the No Spacing style for those times when you do not want any space between paragraphs, I also realize this is not what everyone prefers so here's an alternate solution: - On the Home tab, in the Styles group, click Change Styles - Point to Style Sets and then click Word 2003 - Click Changes Styles again and then click Set As Default Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email cannot be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out:http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ:http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine:http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site:http://mvps.org/ wrote in message ups.com... Hey, thanks for your reply. I followed your directions and before I closed out of the document, Word did in fact let me know that I was making changes to the global template and it asked me if I wanted to save those changes. I selected yes. When I opened up Word again, the changes weren't saved. The box that said "don't add space between paragraphs of the same style" was unchecked. PS: I am not using Abode writer. Thanks! Justin Worked! Thanks! |
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