[Joe]

When Im about to close a document (Word 2003) €“ at the bottom of the doc. I
go in to €˜insert, €˜auto text and then €˜header and footer and the next
window does not open to allow me to put in €˜file name and path, it shows a
blank square where the drop down box should be. Any help would be great.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

This is usually an indication that a document has been saved as Normal.dot.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Joe" wrote in message
...
When I'm about to close a document (Word 2003) - at the bottom of the doc.
I
go in to 'insert', 'auto text' and then 'header and footer' and the next
window does not open to allow me to put in 'file name and path', it shows
a
blank square where the drop down box should be. Any help would be great.

[Joe]

It says it is a word doc. What is my next step to resolve the issue?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

This is usually an indication that a document has been saved as Normal.dot.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Joe" wrote in message
...
When I'm about to close a document (Word 2003) - at the bottom of the doc.
I
go in to 'insert', 'auto text' and then 'header and footer' and the next
window does not open to allow me to put in 'file name and path', it shows
a
blank square where the drop down box should be. Any help would be great.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

What I meant was that a document (or user-created template) has been saved
in place of Normal.dot, not that the document you are dealing with has been
saved as Normal.dot. With Word closed, find Normal.dot and rename it. When
you restart Word, it will create a fresh copy that will contain the AutoText
entries. For help in locating Normal.dot, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...ocNotBlank.htm.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Joe" wrote in message
news
It says it is a word doc. What is my next step to resolve the issue?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

This is usually an indication that a document has been saved as
Normal.dot.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Joe" wrote in message
...
When I'm about to close a document (Word 2003) - at the bottom of the
doc.
I
go in to 'insert', 'auto text' and then 'header and footer' and the
next
window does not open to allow me to put in 'file name and path', it
shows
a
blank square where the drop down box should be. Any help would be
great.