[working]

Hi
not sure what I've done, but all my autotext options have vanished from the
footer options

eg: file name / path

etc

how do I get them all back?

thanks

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The usual reason for this is that you have saved a document as Normal.dot.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"working" wrote in message
news
Hi
not sure what I've done, but all my autotext options have vanished from
the
footer options

eg: file name / path

etc

how do I get them all back?

thanks

[working]

Hi Suzanne

Yes I did save a document as the normal.dot, so that all my margins fonts
etc, are as I need them.

I am still not sure how I get the autotext options back?
Can I copy them from another computer?

thanks for your assistance

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The usual reason for this is that you have saved a document as Normal.dot.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"working" wrote in message
news
Hi
not sure what I've done, but all my autotext options have vanished from
the
footer options

eg: file name / path

etc

how do I get them all back?

thanks

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You cannot create Normal.dot. Only Word can do that. You need to rename your
self-created Normal.dot and let Word build another one. Then follow the
instructions at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm to
customize it.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"working" wrote in message
...
Hi Suzanne

Yes I did save a document as the normal.dot, so that all my margins fonts
etc, are as I need them.

I am still not sure how I get the autotext options back?
Can I copy them from another computer?

thanks for your assistance

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The usual reason for this is that you have saved a document as
Normal.dot.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"working" wrote in message
news
Hi
not sure what I've done, but all my autotext options have vanished
from
the
footer options

eg: file name / path

etc

how do I get them all back?

thanks

[working]

Hi again

I've printed out both help files from below, and they are helpful - thanks

I am trying to rename/delete normal.dot, so I can restart word and modify
the new normal.dot properly!

I've closed all word docs and located the template via windows explorer, but
it won't let me rename or delete the file.
I keep getting this message:

Cannot delete Normal: There has been a sharing violation.
The source or destination file may be in use.

any suggestions?
thanks again

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You cannot create Normal.dot. Only Word can do that. You need to rename your
self-created Normal.dot and let Word build another one. Then follow the
instructions at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm to
customize it.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"working" wrote in message
...
Hi Suzanne

Yes I did save a document as the normal.dot, so that all my margins fonts
etc, are as I need them.

I am still not sure how I get the autotext options back?
Can I copy them from another computer?

thanks for your assistance

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The usual reason for this is that you have saved a document as
Normal.dot.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"working" wrote in message
news Hi
not sure what I've done, but all my autotext options have vanished
from
the
footer options

eg: file name / path

etc

how do I get them all back?

thanks

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

You must Exit Word.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"working" wrote in message
...
Hi again

I've printed out both help files from below, and they are helpful - thanks

I am trying to rename/delete normal.dot, so I can restart word and modify
the new normal.dot properly!

I've closed all word docs and located the template via windows explorer,
but
it won't let me rename or delete the file.
I keep getting this message:

Cannot delete Normal: There has been a sharing violation.
The source or destination file may be in use.

any suggestions?
thanks again

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You cannot create Normal.dot. Only Word can do that. You need to rename
your
self-created Normal.dot and let Word build another one. Then follow the
instructions at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm to
customize it.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"working" wrote in message
...
Hi Suzanne

Yes I did save a document as the normal.dot, so that all my margins
fonts
etc, are as I need them.

I am still not sure how I get the autotext options back?
Can I copy them from another computer?

thanks for your assistance

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The usual reason for this is that you have saved a document as
Normal.dot.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"working" wrote in message
news Hi
not sure what I've done, but all my autotext options have vanished
from
the
footer options

eg: file name / path

etc

how do I get them all back?

thanks

[working]

Hi Doug & Suzanne

Word was closed completely, just tried again this morning and it wouldn't
work. Then my brain clicked in, Outlook uses word to compile emails, once I
shut Outlook, the normal.dot deleted.

so I've gone in the correct way and fixed the default font, default
language, etc

thanks
again
"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

You must Exit Word.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"working" wrote in message
...
Hi again

I've printed out both help files from below, and they are helpful - thanks

I am trying to rename/delete normal.dot, so I can restart word and modify
the new normal.dot properly!

I've closed all word docs and located the template via windows explorer,
but
it won't let me rename or delete the file.
I keep getting this message:

Cannot delete Normal: There has been a sharing violation.
The source or destination file may be in use.

any suggestions?
thanks again

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You cannot create Normal.dot. Only Word can do that. You need to rename
your
self-created Normal.dot and let Word build another one. Then follow the
instructions at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm to
customize it.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"working" wrote in message
...
Hi Suzanne

Yes I did save a document as the normal.dot, so that all my margins
fonts
etc, are as I need them.

I am still not sure how I get the autotext options back?
Can I copy them from another computer?

thanks for your assistance

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The usual reason for this is that you have saved a document as
Normal.dot.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"working" wrote in message
news Hi
not sure what I've done, but all my autotext options have vanished
from
the
footer options

eg: file name / path

etc

how do I get them all back?

thanks

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Right, I don't use Outlook for email, much less use Word as my email editor,
so I keep forgetting about that.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"working" wrote in message
...
Hi Doug & Suzanne

Word was closed completely, just tried again this morning and it wouldn't
work. Then my brain clicked in, Outlook uses word to compile emails, once
I
shut Outlook, the normal.dot deleted.

so I've gone in the correct way and fixed the default font, default
language, etc

thanks
again
"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

You must Exit Word.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"working" wrote in message
...
Hi again

I've printed out both help files from below, and they are helpful -
thanks

I am trying to rename/delete normal.dot, so I can restart word and
modify
the new normal.dot properly!

I've closed all word docs and located the template via windows
explorer,
but
it won't let me rename or delete the file.
I keep getting this message:

Cannot delete Normal: There has been a sharing violation.
The source or destination file may be in use.

any suggestions?
thanks again

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You cannot create Normal.dot. Only Word can do that. You need to
rename
your
self-created Normal.dot and let Word build another one. Then follow
the
instructions at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm
to
customize it.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"working" wrote in message
...
Hi Suzanne

Yes I did save a document as the normal.dot, so that all my margins
fonts
etc, are as I need them.

I am still not sure how I get the autotext options back?
Can I copy them from another computer?

thanks for your assistance

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The usual reason for this is that you have saved a document as
Normal.dot.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"working" wrote in message
news Hi
not sure what I've done, but all my autotext options have
vanished
from
the
footer options

eg: file name / path

etc

how do I get them all back?

thanks