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Can't find Normal.dot
I am using Office 2000 (under Windows XP Home). When I open any new document
the document window shows up with garbage characters in the document. These characters are always the same, the letters qwerty. It looks to me like somebody typed these in a document and somehow saved it under Normal.dot. I thought I could solve the problem by deleting the Normal.dot file and letting Word renew it. However I cannot locate Normal.dot anywhere on my computer. Any ideas? Con Giacomini |
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On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 12:39:39 -0800, "Con Giacomini"
wrote: I am using Office 2000 (under Windows XP Home). When I open any new document the document window shows up with garbage characters in the document. These characters are always the same, the letters qwerty. It looks to me like somebody typed these in a document and somehow saved it under Normal.dot. I thought I could solve the problem by deleting the Normal.dot file and letting Word renew it. However I cannot locate Normal.dot anywhere on my computer. Any ideas? Con Giacomini See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...ocNotBlank.htm. The first paragraph under "Method 1" may explain why you're having trouble finding the file. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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Try he
C:\Documents and Settings\[User Name]\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates Good luck! -Iroel "Con Giacomini" wrote in message ... I am using Office 2000 (under Windows XP Home). When I open any new document the document window shows up with garbage characters in the document. These characters are always the same, the letters qwerty. It looks to me like somebody typed these in a document and somehow saved it under Normal.dot. I thought I could solve the problem by deleting the Normal.dot file and letting Word renew it. However I cannot locate Normal.dot anywhere on my computer. Any ideas? Con Giacomini |
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Another way to locate Normal.dot is from the templates dialog:
Right-click on the template for a blank document, then choose "Properties" from the context menu, and copy the file path to the clipboard (Ctrl+C). You can then paste it (Ctrl+V) into the "File Open" dialog or the Windows Explorer. Greetings, Klaus |
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