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Can't Backup Normal Template
I'm using MS Word 2007 on Vista, and my normal.dotm template file was recently compromised, so Word generated a fresh one. I lost my macros and many customizations.
As I redo all my customizations, I want to backup the normal.dotm file, but when I go to the folder that it's in (C:\Documents and Settings\[user]\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates), the "date modified" date doesn't get updated. The date and time stamp represent when the new template file was generated, but it never changes. I could save this file elsewhere but I don't think my new customizations will be included. Nevertheless, when I open a new Word doc, the customizations and macros are all present. So where is my most recent normal.dotm file, if it's not in the Templates folder? How can I back it up? |
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Can't Backup Normal Template
It seems as if your user templates folder isn't where you think it is. To find
the correct path to the folder, look in the File Locations dialog box (click the File Locations button at Office button | Word Options | Advanced). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "landmark" wrote in message ... I'm using MS Word 2007 on Vista, and my normal.dotm template file was recently compromised, so Word generated a fresh one. I lost my macros and many customizations. As I redo all my customizations, I want to backup the normal.dotm file, but when I go to the folder that it's in (C:\Documents and Settings\[user]\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates), the "date modified" date doesn't get updated. The date and time stamp represent when the new template file was generated, but it never changes. I could save this file elsewhere but I don't think my new customizations will be included. Nevertheless, when I open a new Word doc, the customizations and macros are all present. So where is my most recent normal.dotm file, if it's not in the Templates folder? How can I back it up? -- landmark |
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Can't Backup Normal Template
Wouldn't Word have renamed the old one when it made a new one, so that
landmark can get all the customizations out of it somehow? On Aug 3, 6:33*pm, "Stefan Blom" wrote: It seems as if your user templates folder isn't where you think it is. To find the correct path to the folder, look in the File Locations dialog box (click the File Locations button at Office button | Word Options | Advanced). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "landmark" *wrote in ... I'm using MS Word 2007 on Vista, and my normal.dotm template file was recently compromised, so Word generated a fresh one. I lost my macros and many customizations. As I redo all my customizations, I want to backup the normal.dotm file, but when I go to the folder that it's in (C:\Documents and Settings\[user]\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates), the "date modified" date doesn't get updated. The date and time stamp represent when the new template file was generated, but it never changes. I could save this file elsewhere but I don't think my new customizations will be included. Nevertheless, when I open a new Word doc, the customizations and macros are all present. So where is my most recent normal.dotm file, if it's not in the Templates folder? How can I back it up? -- landmark |
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Can't Backup Normal Template
I'm not sure. Actually, I'm having difficulties envisioning a scenario where
Word would create a new Normal template unless the old one was missing. Well, there is one situation: when you install Word 2007 or 2010 and there is a Normal.dot present, that template will be renamed (and its settings copied into Normal.dotm). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message ... Wouldn't Word have renamed the old one when it made a new one, so that landmark can get all the customizations out of it somehow? On Aug 3, 6:33 pm, "Stefan Blom" wrote: It seems as if your user templates folder isn't where you think it is. To find the correct path to the folder, look in the File Locations dialog box (click the File Locations button at Office button | Word Options | Advanced). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "landmark" wrote in ... I'm using MS Word 2007 on Vista, and my normal.dotm template file was recently compromised, so Word generated a fresh one. I lost my macros and many customizations. As I redo all my customizations, I want to backup the normal.dotm file, but when I go to the folder that it's in (C:\Documents and Settings\[user]\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates), the "date modified" date doesn't get updated. The date and time stamp represent when the new template file was generated, but it never changes. I could save this file elsewhere but I don't think my new customizations will be included. Nevertheless, when I open a new Word doc, the customizations and macros are all present. So where is my most recent normal.dotm file, if it's not in the Templates folder? How can I back it up? -- landmark |
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Can't Backup Normal Template
That didn't happen when I beta-downloaded 2010: all my macros and
shortcuts (I have hundreds, quite mnemonic, for phonetic characters) disappeared, so I shut it down and rooted around to find my own normal.dotm. On Aug 4, 9:24*am, "Stefan Blom" wrote: I'm not sure. Actually, I'm having difficulties envisioning a scenario where Word would create a new Normal template unless the old one was missing. Well, there is one situation: when you install Word 2007 or 2010 and there is a Normal.dot present, that template will be renamed (and its settings copied into Normal.dotm). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Peter T. Daniels" *wrote in ... Wouldn't Word have renamed the old one when it made a new one, so that landmark can get all the customizations out of it somehow? On Aug 3, 6:33 pm, "Stefan Blom" wrote: It seems as if your user templates folder isn't where you think it is. To find the correct path to the folder, look in the File Locations dialog box (click the File Locations button at Office button | Word Options | Advanced). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "landmark" *wrote in ... I'm using MS Word 2007 on Vista, and my normal.dotm template file was recently compromised, so Word generated a fresh one. I lost my macros and many customizations. As I redo all my customizations, I want to backup the normal.dotm file, but when I go to the folder that it's in (C:\Documents and Settings\[user]\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates), the "date modified" date doesn't get updated. The date and time stamp represent when the new template file was generated, but it never changes. I could save this file elsewhere but I don't think my new customizations will be included. Nevertheless, when I open a new Word doc, the customizations and macros are all present. So where is my most recent normal.dotm file, if it's not in the Templates folder? How can I back it up? |
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Can't Backup Normal Template
Maybe my memory fails me when it comes to macros. However, I'm certain that font
settings were changed to match my defaults in Word 2003 (which were Times New Roman 12 points for body text and and Arial for headings). Are you saying that you got a fresh Normal.dotm with the settings of Word 2010 (meaning that the default font was set to Calibri, 11 points and that headings were in Cambria)? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message ... That didn't happen when I beta-downloaded 2010: all my macros and shortcuts (I have hundreds, quite mnemonic, for phonetic characters) disappeared, so I shut it down and rooted around to find my own normal.dotm. On Aug 4, 9:24 am, "Stefan Blom" wrote: I'm not sure. Actually, I'm having difficulties envisioning a scenario where Word would create a new Normal template unless the old one was missing. Well, there is one situation: when you install Word 2007 or 2010 and there is a Normal.dot present, that template will be renamed (and its settings copied into Normal.dotm). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Peter T. Daniels" wrote in ... Wouldn't Word have renamed the old one when it made a new one, so that landmark can get all the customizations out of it somehow? On Aug 3, 6:33 pm, "Stefan Blom" wrote: It seems as if your user templates folder isn't where you think it is. To find the correct path to the folder, look in the File Locations dialog box (click the File Locations button at Office button | Word Options | Advanced). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "landmark" wrote in ... I'm using MS Word 2007 on Vista, and my normal.dotm template file was recently compromised, so Word generated a fresh one. I lost my macros and many customizations. As I redo all my customizations, I want to backup the normal.dotm file, but when I go to the folder that it's in (C:\Documents and Settings\[user]\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates), the "date modified" date doesn't get updated. The date and time stamp represent when the new template file was generated, but it never changes. I could save this file elsewhere but I don't think my new customizations will be included. Nevertheless, when I open a new Word doc, the customizations and macros are all present. So where is my most recent normal.dotm file, if it's not in the Templates folder? How can I back it up? |
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Can't Backup Normal Template
IIRC, I simply opened an existing document to keep working on it, and
I couldn't type accents or transpose characters. I didn't need to know any more than that, and I didn't see that there were any but cosmetic changes to the GUI. So I Uninstalled it ASAP. On Aug 4, 1:55*pm, "Stefan Blom" wrote: Maybe my memory fails me when it comes to macros. However, I'm certain that font settings were changed to match my defaults in Word 2003 (which were Times New Roman 12 points for body text and and Arial for headings). Are you saying that you got a fresh Normal.dotm with the settings of Word 2010 (meaning that the default font was set to Calibri, 11 points and that headings were in Cambria)? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Peter T. Daniels" *wrote in ... That didn't happen when I beta-downloaded 2010: all my macros and shortcuts (I have hundreds, quite mnemonic, for phonetic characters) disappeared, so I shut it down and rooted around to find my own normal.dotm. On Aug 4, 9:24 am, "Stefan Blom" wrote: I'm not sure. Actually, I'm having difficulties envisioning a scenario where Word would create a new Normal template unless the old one was missing. Well, there is one situation: when you install Word 2007 or 2010 and there is a Normal.dot present, that template will be renamed (and its settings copied into Normal.dotm). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Peter T. Daniels" *wrote in ... Wouldn't Word have renamed the old one when it made a new one, so that landmark can get all the customizations out of it somehow? On Aug 3, 6:33 pm, "Stefan Blom" wrote: It seems as if your user templates folder isn't where you think it is.. To find the correct path to the folder, look in the File Locations dialog box (click the File Locations button at Office button | Word Options | Advanced). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "landmark" *wrote in ... I'm using MS Word 2007 on Vista, and my normal.dotm template file was recently compromised, so Word generated a fresh one. I lost my macros and many customizations. As I redo all my customizations, I want to backup the normal.dotm file, but when I go to the folder that it's in (C:\Documents and Settings\[user]\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates), the "date modified" date doesn't get updated. The date and time stamp represent when the new template file was generated, but it never changes. I could save this file elsewhere but I don't think my new customizations will be included. Nevertheless, when I open a new Word doc, the customizations and macros are all present. So where is my most recent normal.dotm file, if it's not in the Templates folder? How can I back it up?- |
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Can't Backup Normal Template
It seems as if you didn't look that closely into what happened with the Normal
template, then. Or maybe it's just that beta software does things differently than full versions... -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message ... IIRC, I simply opened an existing document to keep working on it, and I couldn't type accents or transpose characters. I didn't need to know any more than that, and I didn't see that there were any but cosmetic changes to the GUI. So I Uninstalled it ASAP. On Aug 4, 1:55 pm, "Stefan Blom" wrote: Maybe my memory fails me when it comes to macros. However, I'm certain that font settings were changed to match my defaults in Word 2003 (which were Times New Roman 12 points for body text and and Arial for headings). Are you saying that you got a fresh Normal.dotm with the settings of Word 2010 (meaning that the default font was set to Calibri, 11 points and that headings were in Cambria)? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Peter T. Daniels" wrote in ... That didn't happen when I beta-downloaded 2010: all my macros and shortcuts (I have hundreds, quite mnemonic, for phonetic characters) disappeared, so I shut it down and rooted around to find my own normal.dotm. On Aug 4, 9:24 am, "Stefan Blom" wrote: I'm not sure. Actually, I'm having difficulties envisioning a scenario where Word would create a new Normal template unless the old one was missing. Well, there is one situation: when you install Word 2007 or 2010 and there is a Normal.dot present, that template will be renamed (and its settings copied into Normal.dotm). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Peter T. Daniels" wrote in ... Wouldn't Word have renamed the old one when it made a new one, so that landmark can get all the customizations out of it somehow? On Aug 3, 6:33 pm, "Stefan Blom" wrote: It seems as if your user templates folder isn't where you think it is. To find the correct path to the folder, look in the File Locations dialog box (click the File Locations button at Office button | Word Options | Advanced). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "landmark" wrote in ... I'm using MS Word 2007 on Vista, and my normal.dotm template file was recently compromised, so Word generated a fresh one. I lost my macros and many customizations. As I redo all my customizations, I want to backup the normal.dotm file, but when I go to the folder that it's in (C:\Documents and Settings\[user]\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates), the "date modified" date doesn't get updated. The date and time stamp represent when the new template file was generated, but it never changes. I could save this file elsewhere but I don't think my new customizations will be included. Nevertheless, when I open a new Word doc, the customizations and macros are all present. So where is my most recent normal.dotm file, if it's not in the Templates folder? How can I back it up?- |
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Can't Backup Normal Template
I just got an ad for something new -- Office365 I think they called it
-- but it seemed to suggest it's some sort of mobile app? On Aug 4, 7:00*pm, "Stefan Blom" wrote: It seems as if you didn't look that closely into what happened with the Normal template, then. Or maybe it's just that beta software does things differently than full versions... -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Peter T. Daniels" *wrote in ... IIRC, I simply opened an existing document to keep working on it, and I couldn't type accents or transpose characters. I didn't need to know any more than that, and I didn't see that there were any but cosmetic changes to the GUI. So I Uninstalled it ASAP. On Aug 4, 1:55 pm, "Stefan Blom" wrote: Maybe my memory fails me when it comes to macros. However, I'm certain that font settings were changed to match my defaults in Word 2003 (which were Times New Roman 12 points for body text and and Arial for headings). Are you saying that you got a fresh Normal.dotm with the settings of Word 2010 (meaning that the default font was set to Calibri, 11 points and that headings were in Cambria)? |
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Can't Backup Normal Template
Yes, what is Word 365? I think it's an online subscription of Office rather than
a traditional installation. See http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/offic...-software.aspx. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message ... I just got an ad for something new -- Office365 I think they called it -- but it seemed to suggest it's some sort of mobile app? On Aug 4, 7:00 pm, "Stefan Blom" wrote: It seems as if you didn't look that closely into what happened with the Normal template, then. Or maybe it's just that beta software does things differently than full versions... -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Peter T. Daniels" wrote in ... IIRC, I simply opened an existing document to keep working on it, and I couldn't type accents or transpose characters. I didn't need to know any more than that, and I didn't see that there were any but cosmetic changes to the GUI. So I Uninstalled it ASAP. On Aug 4, 1:55 pm, "Stefan Blom" wrote: Maybe my memory fails me when it comes to macros. However, I'm certain that font settings were changed to match my defaults in Word 2003 (which were Times New Roman 12 points for body text and and Arial for headings). Are you saying that you got a fresh Normal.dotm with the settings of Word 2010 (meaning that the default font was set to Calibri, 11 points and that headings were in Cambria)? |
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OP here.
Yes, Word generated a new template with the default fonts of Calibri and Cambria (headings). The question is, Where is my template? How can I find the active dotm file? I look into where the options where it says the file would be, but that file always has the old timestamp on it. The customizations and changes are being saved somewhere else, but I can't figure out where. It is not in the folder designated by Word options it seems. |
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Could the ContributeWordUITemplate.dot file have anything to do with this?
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Can't Backup Normal Template
Search Windows for all files called Normal.dotm (be sure to search hidden files
and folders). The file must be somewhere. If you're not already displaying filename extensions in Windows, choose to do so (it's in Folder Options). By the way, which kind of customizations are we talking about here? Note that not everything is saved in Normal.dotm. Macros, for example, could be in a custom template or in an add-in. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "landmark" wrote in message ... OP here. Yes, Word generated a new template with the default fonts of Calibri and Cambria (headings). The question is, Where is my template? How can I find the active dotm file? I look into where the options where it says the file would be, but that file always has the old timestamp on it. The customizations and changes are being saved somewhere else, but I can't figure out where. It is not in the folder designated by Word options it seems. -- landmark |
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