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Problem with normal.dot (I think...)
Greeting from (old) Europe!
I have a problem with Word 2007 (but I think it was the same with the previous versions). I have created a template for a blank page which is stored as normal.dot. It works fine. However, if, incidentally, I use "right click / New / Word document", what appears on the screen is NOT based on my normal.dot, but, I think, on some default MS template. Did anyone came across this unpleasant situeation ? Is there a way to tackle this problem. Thanks for enlighting us, poor Europeans ! -- M |
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Problem with normal.dot (I think...)
The default template for Word 2007 is normal.dotm and can only be created by
Word. *You* cannot create normal.dot or dotm in any version. Whatever your normal.dot is and where it is stored, it doesn't appear to have anything to do with the creation of documents. Locate normal.dotm (it's in the folder indicated at Word Options Advanced File locations User templates) and edit that to apply your personalisations. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Melotte wrote: Greeting from (old) Europe! I have a problem with Word 2007 (but I think it was the same with the previous versions). I have created a template for a blank page which is stored as normal.dot. It works fine. However, if, incidentally, I use "right click / New / Word document", what appears on the screen is NOT based on my normal.dot, but, I think, on some default MS template. Did anyone came across this unpleasant situeation ? Is there a way to tackle this problem. Thanks for enlighting us, poor Europeans ! |
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Problem with normal.dot (I think...)
Thanks Graham,
This is exactly what I did. I have applied my personnalizations to MY normal.dotm. When I create a new document via the Word icon, everything goes fine. Nevertheless, if I right click in the explorer or on the desktop then New / Word Document, I do not get my personalizations: different font (calibri vs. arail narrow), different paragraph arrangement, everything is different and looks like the defaut normal.dotm before my personalizations. How do you explain that ? This is what I mean when I sy that there must be a "built in" and hidden normal.dotm template that supersedes my own. Am I clear enough (apologies for my broken english...) -- M "Graham Mayor" wrote: The default template for Word 2007 is normal.dotm and can only be created by Word. *You* cannot create normal.dot or dotm in any version. Whatever your normal.dot is and where it is stored, it doesn't appear to have anything to do with the creation of documents. Locate normal.dotm (it's in the folder indicated at Word Options Advanced File locations User templates) and edit that to apply your personalisations. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Melotte wrote: Greeting from (old) Europe! I have a problem with Word 2007 (but I think it was the same with the previous versions). I have created a template for a blank page which is stored as normal.dot. It works fine. However, if, incidentally, I use "right click / New / Word document", what appears on the screen is NOT based on my normal.dot, but, I think, on some default MS template. Did anyone came across this unpleasant situeation ? Is there a way to tackle this problem. Thanks for enlighting us, poor Europeans ! |
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Problem with normal.dot (I think...) + a little game...
Hi Graham,
I still dont unerstand why there is a different behavior between the two ways of creating a Word document. Can I suggest a little game ? 1. Get into Word 2007, create a new document, place it on the desktop. Il's called Doc1. Zip it. 2. Right cick the destop or the explorer/ new / create a new doc / call it Doc2, place it on the desktop. Zip it. 3. Delete Doc1 & 2, just keep the two compressed folders. 4. Extract the 2 compressed files, and see what happens... Then you will maybe understand why there may be some sort of a bug somewhere. Kind regards -- M "Graham Mayor" wrote: The default template for Word 2007 is normal.dotm and can only be created by Word. *You* cannot create normal.dot or dotm in any version. Whatever your normal.dot is and where it is stored, it doesn't appear to have anything to do with the creation of documents. Locate normal.dotm (it's in the folder indicated at Word Options Advanced File locations User templates) and edit that to apply your personalisations. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Melotte wrote: Greeting from (old) Europe! I have a problem with Word 2007 (but I think it was the same with the previous versions). I have created a template for a blank page which is stored as normal.dot. It works fine. However, if, incidentally, I use "right click / New / Word document", what appears on the screen is NOT based on my normal.dot, but, I think, on some default MS template. Did anyone came across this unpleasant situeation ? Is there a way to tackle this problem. Thanks for enlighting us, poor Europeans ! |
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