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Why can't I find the normal.dot?
I've tried to change my font as the default andit always says that it will
change the normal.dot, and I click OK to save. Yet when I open Word the next time, the font is back to Times New Roman. I tried help, and it told me to go to go to C:\Doucuments and settings\my user name\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates. I had to show hidden files in order to see the folders, but the templates folder was empty. I also looked in the 1033 folder, where all the other templates are, and it's not there, either. In fact, I've done a search, and can't find it anywhere on my computer. I recently had to get a new hard drive from Dell, and it worked fine before my old hard drive died. But I had upgraded from windows XP Home to XP Pro, and this time, I left XP Home on because I didn't see much difference in the performance. Do you think that may be the problem? I tried reinstalling Office Pro 2003, but it didn't help. |
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Why can't I find the normal.dot?
Did you tell Windows Explorer to display hidden and system files? Sometimes,
that's the problem. Also, for the precise location of normal.dot, it's shown in Tools - Options - File Locations - User Templates. Another way to locate Normal.dot: 1. Open a blank document window, and choose File - Save As. 2. Set Save as Type to Document Template. 3. Click Cancel. 4. Choose File - Open. 5. Set Files of Type to Document Template. Normal.dot should be listed. But, if, at the end of the day, your default font setting is being ignored, the problem usually is: a) an evil system adminstrator has decided that users aren't allowed to change normal.dot, and has set normal.dot as read-only; such system administrators have NO understanding of Word, and should not be allowed anywhere near computers. b) registry corruption c) normal.dot corruption In the case of a), you're on your own. You have my sympathy, but there's little else I can offer. In the case of b) or c), try he http://www.officearticles.com/word/s...osoft_word.htm -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "raerae4257" wrote in message ... I've tried to change my font as the default andit always says that it will change the normal.dot, and I click OK to save. Yet when I open Word the next time, the font is back to Times New Roman. I tried help, and it told me to go to go to C:\Doucuments and settings\my user name\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates. I had to show hidden files in order to see the folders, but the templates folder was empty. I also looked in the 1033 folder, where all the other templates are, and it's not there, either. In fact, I've done a search, and can't find it anywhere on my computer. I recently had to get a new hard drive from Dell, and it worked fine before my old hard drive died. But I had upgraded from windows XP Home to XP Pro, and this time, I left XP Home on because I didn't see much difference in the performance. Do you think that may be the problem? I tried reinstalling Office Pro 2003, but it didn't help. |
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Why can't I find the normal.dot?
In addition to the possibilities Herb mentioned, if you are running Acrobat
7, see the last section of http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adob...at_toolbar.htm -- 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. "raerae4257" wrote in message ... I've tried to change my font as the default andit always says that it will change the normal.dot, and I click OK to save. Yet when I open Word the next time, the font is back to Times New Roman. I tried help, and it told me to go to go to C:\Doucuments and settings\my user name\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates. I had to show hidden files in order to see the folders, but the templates folder was empty. I also looked in the 1033 folder, where all the other templates are, and it's not there, either. In fact, I've done a search, and can't find it anywhere on my computer. I recently had to get a new hard drive from Dell, and it worked fine before my old hard drive died. But I had upgraded from windows XP Home to XP Pro, and this time, I left XP Home on because I didn't see much difference in the performance. Do you think that may be the problem? I tried reinstalling Office Pro 2003, but it didn't help. |
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