Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Megor Megor is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 7
Default disappearance of auto text list in "header/footer" toolbar

The list of auto text entries has disappeared from the "insert auto text"
dropdown menu in the header/footer toolbar. It's still available in the
insertautotext menu option. What happened to it? How do I get the list
active in header/footer toolbar? I get a blank square when I click the
dropdown menu arrow.
  #2   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Suzanne S. Barnhill Suzanne S. Barnhill is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 33,624
Default disappearance of auto text list in "header/footer" toolbar

The usual reason for this is that a document has been saved as Normal.dot.
See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...ocNotBlank.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.

"Megor" wrote in message
...
The list of auto text entries has disappeared from the "insert auto text"
dropdown menu in the header/footer toolbar. It's still available in the
insertautotext menu option. What happened to it? How do I get the list
active in header/footer toolbar? I get a blank square when I click the
dropdown menu arrow.


  #3   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Megor Megor is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 7
Default disappearance of auto text list in "header/footer" toolbar

This is (link) was helpful, but didn't solve the problem. Perhaps I didn't
find the correct instance of Normal.dot to repair. At any rate, the list is
still missing.
M__

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The usual reason for this is that a document has been saved as Normal.dot.
See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...ocNotBlank.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.

"Megor" wrote in message
...
The list of auto text entries has disappeared from the "insert auto text"
dropdown menu in the header/footer toolbar. It's still available in the
insertautotext menu option. What happened to it? How do I get the list
active in header/footer toolbar? I get a blank square when I click the
dropdown menu arrow.



  #4   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Suzanne S. Barnhill Suzanne S. Barnhill is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 33,624
Default disappearance of auto text list in "header/footer" toolbar

If you rename Normal.dot (find the active one in the path given on the File
Locations tab of Tools | Options), I guarantee that the fresh Normal.dot
that Word will generate will contain the default AutoText entries. You can
text this by starting Word in Safe Mode (by pressing Ctrl as the program is
loading or by starting from a command line with the /a switch); if the
AutoText entries are present in Safe Mode (which bypasses your Normal.dot
and uses Word's default settings, including the hard-coded internal
Normal.dot), then they will be present when Word generates a fresh copy.

--
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.

"Megor" wrote in message
...
This is (link) was helpful, but didn't solve the problem. Perhaps I didn't
find the correct instance of Normal.dot to repair. At any rate, the list

is
still missing.
M__

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The usual reason for this is that a document has been saved as

Normal.dot.
See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...ocNotBlank.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.

"Megor" wrote in message
...
The list of auto text entries has disappeared from the "insert auto

text"
dropdown menu in the header/footer toolbar. It's still available in

the
insertautotext menu option. What happened to it? How do I get the

list
active in header/footer toolbar? I get a blank square when I click the
dropdown menu arrow.




  #5   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Megor Megor is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 7
Default disappearance of auto text list in "header/footer" toolbar

That time it worked. Thanks! Now all I have to do is re-build my custom
toolbars . . .

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If you rename Normal.dot (find the active one in the path given on the File
Locations tab of Tools | Options), I guarantee that the fresh Normal.dot
that Word will generate will contain the default AutoText entries. You can
text this by starting Word in Safe Mode (by pressing Ctrl as the program is
loading or by starting from a command line with the /a switch); if the
AutoText entries are present in Safe Mode (which bypasses your Normal.dot
and uses Word's default settings, including the hard-coded internal
Normal.dot), then they will be present when Word generates a fresh copy.

--
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.

"Megor" wrote in message
...
This is (link) was helpful, but didn't solve the problem. Perhaps I didn't
find the correct instance of Normal.dot to repair. At any rate, the list

is
still missing.
M__

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The usual reason for this is that a document has been saved as

Normal.dot.
See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...ocNotBlank.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.

"Megor" wrote in message
...
The list of auto text entries has disappeared from the "insert auto

text"
dropdown menu in the header/footer toolbar. It's still available in

the
insertautotext menu option. What happened to it? How do I get the

list
active in header/footer toolbar? I get a blank square when I click the
dropdown menu arrow.






  #6   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Suzanne S. Barnhill Suzanne S. Barnhill is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 33,624
Default disappearance of auto text list in "header/footer" toolbar

If they are really custom toolbars, you can copy them from the renamed
Normal.dot to the new one using the Organizer. If, as is more likely, they
are actually toolbar customizations, here's a shortcut to rebuilding them:

Open the renamed Normal.dot and create a custom toolbar (you could name it
Temp). Drag all the custom toolbar buttons and menu items to this toolbar
and be sure it is saved in the renamed Normal.dot. Then use Organizer to
copy that toolbar into the new Normal.dot and drag the buttons and menu
items to their rightful places on the built-in toolbars and menus.

--
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.

"Megor" wrote in message
news
That time it worked. Thanks! Now all I have to do is re-build my custom
toolbars . . .

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If you rename Normal.dot (find the active one in the path given on the

File
Locations tab of Tools | Options), I guarantee that the fresh Normal.dot
that Word will generate will contain the default AutoText entries. You

can
text this by starting Word in Safe Mode (by pressing Ctrl as the program

is
loading or by starting from a command line with the /a switch); if the
AutoText entries are present in Safe Mode (which bypasses your

Normal.dot
and uses Word's default settings, including the hard-coded internal
Normal.dot), then they will be present when Word generates a fresh copy.

--
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.

"Megor" wrote in message
...
This is (link) was helpful, but didn't solve the problem. Perhaps I

didn't
find the correct instance of Normal.dot to repair. At any rate, the

list
is
still missing.
M__

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The usual reason for this is that a document has been saved as

Normal.dot.
See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...ocNotBlank.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.

"Megor" wrote in message
...
The list of auto text entries has disappeared from the "insert

auto
text"
dropdown menu in the header/footer toolbar. It's still available

in
the
insertautotext menu option. What happened to it? How do I get the

list
active in header/footer toolbar? I get a blank square when I click

the
dropdown menu arrow.





Reply
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Header with picture or text box Scott Page Layout 15 April 28th 23 02:52 AM
Creating dynamic cross reference links in a Word document torajudo Microsoft Word Help 5 April 27th 23 08:57 PM
change the AUTO TEXT selections in the HEADER-FOOTER toolbar LJ Microsoft Word Help 7 May 1st 06 12:20 AM
how do i add auto text item to header/footer pulldown list? jimbo Microsoft Word Help 7 September 23rd 05 05:07 PM
How to set my Insert Auto Text list back to defaults ? wrgaphardt Microsoft Word Help 4 April 22nd 05 03:27 AM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 10:14 PM.

Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 Microsoft Office Word Forum - WordBanter.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about Microsoft Word"