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Word is not saving default settings,
especially when I copy something from the 'Net. I keep getting this message:
"This document contains formatting that cannot be saved in text format. Do you want to save the changes to ..." I click on "Yes", and get this message: "(doc. name) may contain features that are not compatible with "text only" format. D you want to save the document in this format? To save, click Yes. To preserve formatting, click No. Then save a copy in the latest Word format." This has happened before, and I got it fixed for a while, but now it is happening again. This happens in a new Word document. The old ones will hold the formatting. HELP! -- I have a "love/hate" relationship with computers - I love them, they hate me! |
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Word is not saving default settings,
On the Save tab of Tools | Options, make sure that "Word Document" is
selected as the default save format. It sounds as if you're trying to save documents in a text (*.txt) format. -- 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. "CJBookie" wrote in message ... especially when I copy something from the 'Net. I keep getting this message: "This document contains formatting that cannot be saved in text format. Do you want to save the changes to ..." I click on "Yes", and get this message: "(doc. name) may contain features that are not compatible with "text only" format. D you want to save the document in this format? To save, click Yes. To preserve formatting, click No. Then save a copy in the latest Word format." This has happened before, and I got it fixed for a while, but now it is happening again. This happens in a new Word document. The old ones will hold the formatting. HELP! -- I have a "love/hate" relationship with computers - I love them, they hate me! |
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Word is not saving default settings,
Sorry, that did not work. I created a new Word document, set my font, font
size, and margins, set the view, then saved as default. I checked the Save tab in Tools - Options, and Word document is checked. I still get the same messages when trying to save and close. Like I said before, this has happened before, and I got it fixed (can't remember how), but when I try to copy and paste something from the 'Net, it goes back to these messages. -- I have a "love/hate" relationship with computers - I love them, they hate me! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: On the Save tab of Tools | Options, make sure that "Word Document" is selected as the default save format. It sounds as if you're trying to save documents in a text (*.txt) format. -- 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. "CJBookie" wrote in message ... especially when I copy something from the 'Net. I keep getting this message: "This document contains formatting that cannot be saved in text format. Do you want to save the changes to ..." I click on "Yes", and get this message: "(doc. name) may contain features that are not compatible with "text only" format. D you want to save the document in this format? To save, click Yes. To preserve formatting, click No. Then save a copy in the latest Word format." This has happened before, and I got it fixed for a while, but now it is happening again. This happens in a new Word document. The old ones will hold the formatting. HELP! -- I have a "love/hate" relationship with computers - I love them, they hate me! |
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Word is not saving default settings,
If you're just trying to save defaults, you don't need to save a document.
See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.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. "CJBookie" wrote in message ... Sorry, that did not work. I created a new Word document, set my font, font size, and margins, set the view, then saved as default. I checked the Save tab in Tools - Options, and Word document is checked. I still get the same messages when trying to save and close. Like I said before, this has happened before, and I got it fixed (can't remember how), but when I try to copy and paste something from the 'Net, it goes back to these messages. -- I have a "love/hate" relationship with computers - I love them, they hate me! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: On the Save tab of Tools | Options, make sure that "Word Document" is selected as the default save format. It sounds as if you're trying to save documents in a text (*.txt) format. -- 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. "CJBookie" wrote in message ... especially when I copy something from the 'Net. I keep getting this message: "This document contains formatting that cannot be saved in text format. Do you want to save the changes to ..." I click on "Yes", and get this message: "(doc. name) may contain features that are not compatible with "text only" format. D you want to save the document in this format? To save, click Yes. To preserve formatting, click No. Then save a copy in the latest Word format." This has happened before, and I got it fixed for a while, but now it is happening again. This happens in a new Word document. The old ones will hold the formatting. HELP! -- I have a "love/hate" relationship with computers - I love them, they hate me! |
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Word is not saving default settings,
I've tried that, thanks. I'm still having troubles, though. Even when I try
to save a new document, after creating my defaults, I still get those messages. Some how, I'm assuming my Normal.doc template got changed and I cannot figure out how to change it back. Everything wants to default to 1" margins, Courier font, and Plain Text style. I want .5 margins, Ariel font, size 11, and Normal style. I can't get any new documents to save that way, even though I had previously defaulted my documents to those settings. I'm sorry, but I'm also not understanding some of that tutorial. When it says "global" document/template, that means MS's default settings for a Word document, correct? (for Normal.doc?) A person should be able to change the default settings for Word documents, right? That's what I'm trying to do, but it won't work. My saved/previous Word documents are fine, it's just when I try to create new documents that I get these messages. I cannot remember how I got the defaults to change and stay that way the last time this happened. I think I just reinstalled Word. I'm so confused! Sorry! LOL I can fix hardware issues, and can fix virus issues, but can't seem to figure this one out. *doink* -- I have a "love/hate" relationship with computers - I love them, they hate me! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you're just trying to save defaults, you don't need to save a document. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm |
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Word is not saving default settings,
I forgot to add that I'm using MS Office Pro 2000, on Win XP. I use what we
have at work, so as not to get things "confused". LOL I sometimes bring work home, and want to keep things as uniform as possible. -- I have a "love/hate" relationship with computers - I love them, they hate me! "CJBookie" wrote: I've tried that, thanks. I'm still having troubles, though. Even when I try to save a new document, after creating my defaults, I still get those messages. Some how, I'm assuming my Normal.doc template got changed and I cannot figure out how to change it back. Everything wants to default to 1" margins, Courier font, and Plain Text style. I want .5 margins, Ariel font, size 11, and Normal style. I can't get any new documents to save that way, even though I had previously defaulted my documents to those settings. I'm sorry, but I'm also not understanding some of that tutorial. When it says "global" document/template, that means MS's default settings for a Word document, correct? (for Normal.doc?) A person should be able to change the default settings for Word documents, right? That's what I'm trying to do, but it won't work. My saved/previous Word documents are fine, it's just when I try to create new documents that I get these messages. I cannot remember how I got the defaults to change and stay that way the last time this happened. I think I just reinstalled Word. I'm so confused! Sorry! LOL I can fix hardware issues, and can fix virus issues, but can't seem to figure this one out. *doink* -- I have a "love/hate" relationship with computers - I love them, they hate me! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you're just trying to save defaults, you don't need to save a document. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm |
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Word is not saving default settings,
As I said before, if you are setting the defaults as described in that
article, and they are not being saved, it could be that something is interfering with saving Normal.dot. Even if it isn't Acrobat, the workaround Graham gives (use Shift+File | Save All) will work. -- 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. "CJBookie" wrote in message ... I forgot to add that I'm using MS Office Pro 2000, on Win XP. I use what we have at work, so as not to get things "confused". LOL I sometimes bring work home, and want to keep things as uniform as possible. -- I have a "love/hate" relationship with computers - I love them, they hate me! "CJBookie" wrote: I've tried that, thanks. I'm still having troubles, though. Even when I try to save a new document, after creating my defaults, I still get those messages. Some how, I'm assuming my Normal.doc template got changed and I cannot figure out how to change it back. Everything wants to default to 1" margins, Courier font, and Plain Text style. I want .5 margins, Ariel font, size 11, and Normal style. I can't get any new documents to save that way, even though I had previously defaulted my documents to those settings. I'm sorry, but I'm also not understanding some of that tutorial. When it says "global" document/template, that means MS's default settings for a Word document, correct? (for Normal.doc?) A person should be able to change the default settings for Word documents, right? That's what I'm trying to do, but it won't work. My saved/previous Word documents are fine, it's just when I try to create new documents that I get these messages. I cannot remember how I got the defaults to change and stay that way the last time this happened. I think I just reinstalled Word. I'm so confused! Sorry! LOL I can fix hardware issues, and can fix virus issues, but can't seem to figure this one out. *doink* -- I have a "love/hate" relationship with computers - I love them, they hate me! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you're just trying to save defaults, you don't need to save a document. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm |
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Word is not saving default settings,
I'll give that a try again, thanks! I couldn't quite figure out the fix for
the Acrobat thing, either, but will give it another shot. Thanks for your patience! -- I have a "love/hate" relationship with computers - I love them, they hate me! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: As I said before, if you are setting the defaults as described in that article, and they are not being saved, it could be that something is interfering with saving Normal.dot. Even if it isn't Acrobat, the workaround Graham gives (use Shift+File | Save All) will work. |
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Word is not saving default settings,
I am another user with default problems. Sorry, but I couldn't figure out a
lot of the suggestions already given and am not even sure Normal.dot is on my computer given it would not come up on SEARCH. I am using Windows XP Home, Word 2002. Acrobat Standard is on this computer (and HP Pavilion). OK..so I know how to set the default font and go through the entire drill. When I stay on Word, each new document comes up fine. After I close out and click back in; it is back to the transroman font gain. Any suggestons? "CJBookie" wrote: I'll give that a try again, thanks! I couldn't quite figure out the fix for the Acrobat thing, either, but will give it another shot. Thanks for your patience! -- I have a "love/hate" relationship with computers - I love them, they hate me! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: As I said before, if you are setting the defaults as described in that article, and they are not being saved, it could be that something is interfering with saving Normal.dot. Even if it isn't Acrobat, the workaround Graham gives (use Shift+File | Save All) will work. |
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Word is not saving default settings,
I ended up re-installing Office and that worked. You might want to try that.
-- I have a "love/hate" relationship with computers - I love them, they hate me! "Oldguy" wrote: I am another user with default problems. Sorry, but I couldn't figure out a lot of the suggestions already given and am not even sure Normal.dot is on my computer given it would not come up on SEARCH. I am using Windows XP Home, Word 2002. Acrobat Standard is on this computer (and HP Pavilion). OK..so I know how to set the default font and go through the entire drill. When I stay on Word, each new document comes up fine. After I close out and click back in; it is back to the transroman font gain. Any suggestons? "CJBookie" wrote: I'll give that a try again, thanks! I couldn't quite figure out the fix for the Acrobat thing, either, but will give it another shot. Thanks for your patience! -- I have a "love/hate" relationship with computers - I love them, they hate me! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: As I said before, if you are setting the defaults as described in that article, and they are not being saved, it could be that something is interfering with saving Normal.dot. Even if it isn't Acrobat, the workaround Graham gives (use Shift+File | Save All) will work. |
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