I thought that macros, key assignments, and styles were stored by default in
normal.dot. At least, they used to be available from one Word doc to
another. Am now using Word 2003. I cannot get macros, key assignments, and
styles available from one document or session to another.What am I doing
wrong?

Chuck

Chances are good that you are doing _nothing_ wrong but have installed Adobe
Acrobat version 7!

From the FAQ:

28. I can't save my customizations - AutoText, menus, etc.
Can't save normal.dot...
If you have Adobe Acrobat 7 installed see the last section of
http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adob...at_toolbar.htm.
Otherwise, hold down the Shift key when selecting the File
menu and select Save All.

For alternatives to storing customizations in normal.dot, see
http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm for step-by-step instructions
on moving / sharing / copying / backing-up customizations including
AutoText, AutoCorrect, keyboard assignments, toolbars, macros, etc.

Hope this helps,
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"Chuck Goldstein" wrote in message
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I thought that macros, key assignments, and styles were stored by default
in normal.dot. At least, they used to be available from one Word doc to
another. Am now using Word 2003. I cannot get macros, key assignments,
and styles available from one document or session to another.What am I
doing wrong?

Chuck

Charles,

Many thanks for the advice. Before I read about the Acrobat 7 impact, I did
set up a separate global template, myGlobal.dot as you suggested and that
works fine. Would that be preferable even when normal.dot is
maintaining definitions properly?

I put shortorg.dot into MyGlobal.dot as you suggested. When I click on
"Tools
Organize Keyboard ..." nothing happens.??? What should I see? Tried to
email Chris Woodman but the email address on his site is inop.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
message ...
Chances are good that you are doing _nothing_ wrong but have installed
Adobe Acrobat version 7!

From the FAQ:

28. I can't save my customizations - AutoText, menus, etc.
Can't save normal.dot...
If you have Adobe Acrobat 7 installed see the last section of
http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adob...at_toolbar.htm.
Otherwise, hold down the Shift key when selecting the File
menu and select Save All.

For alternatives to storing customizations in normal.dot, see
http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm for step-by-step
instructions on moving / sharing / copying / backing-up customizations
including AutoText, AutoCorrect, keyboard assignments, toolbars, macros,
etc.

Hope this helps,
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"Chuck Goldstein" wrote in message
...
I thought that macros, key assignments, and styles were stored by default
in normal.dot. At least, they used to be available from one Word doc to
another. Am now using Word 2003. I cannot get macros, key assignments,
and styles available from one document or session to another.What am I
doing wrong?

Chuck

Fri, 4 Nov 2005 20:53:03 -0800 from Chuck Goldstein
:
Many thanks for the advice. Before I read about the Acrobat 7 impact, I did
set up a separate global template, myGlobal.dot as you suggested and that
works fine. Would that be preferable even when normal.dot is
maintaining definitions properly?

Yes, because you never know when normal.dot will get corrupted or
you'll have to reinstall word.

I put shortorg.dot into MyGlobal.dot as you suggested. When I click on
"Tools
Organize Keyboard ..." nothing happens.??? What should I see? Tried to
email Chris Woodman but the email address on his site is inop.

Sounds like my experience. I don't understand why so many people
think that program is better than sliced bread.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"If there's one thing I know, it's men. I ought to: it's
been my life work." -- Marie Dressler, in /Dinner at Eight/

Thanks, Stan. At least I know it is not just me.

Chuck

"Stan Brown" wrote in message
t...
Fri, 4 Nov 2005 20:53:03 -0800 from Chuck Goldstein
:
Many thanks for the advice. Before I read about the Acrobat 7 impact, I
did
set up a separate global template, myGlobal.dot as you suggested and that
works fine. Would that be preferable even when normal.dot is
maintaining definitions properly?

Yes, because you never know when normal.dot will get corrupted or
you'll have to reinstall word.

I put shortorg.dot into MyGlobal.dot as you suggested. When I click on
"Tools
Organize Keyboard ..." nothing happens.??? What should I see? Tried to
email Chris Woodman but the email address on his site is inop.

Sounds like my experience. I don't understand why so many people
think that program is better than sliced bread.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"If there's one thing I know, it's men. I ought to: it's
been my life work." -- Marie Dressler, in /Dinner at Eight/