TF
Tue Jan 06 13:41:10 CST 2004
As Beth has said - perhaps 'unproductive' would have been a more appropriate
term to have used - but to Beth and me, because we know that it won't work,
ridiculous seemed appropriate!
We really need some more input as to what you are trying to achieve or stop
your users from doing when you lock normal.dot. We may be able to find a
more appropriate way of doing what you want.
Terry
"tneuqil" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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First, let me thank you both for your input.
Beth, you're exactly correct. Our normal.dot file is read-
only and our corporate template seems to be attempting to
modify normal.dot every time Word is closed.
Terry,
To answer your questions:
>> Are you saying that the 'other template' is being
loaded which is locking normal.dot on purpose?
Response: No
>>Is the 'other template' loaded automatically from the
Word Start-up folder when you launch Word?
Response: Yes
>>If you start Word using the /a switch, does Word still
want to save changes to the normal.dot if you close it
immediately?
Response: No
I apologize if the idea seems ridiculous... but we would
like to prevent users from altering normal.dot. Maybe you
could suggest another way to accomplish this?
Could I create a macro that answer's the dialog upon
attempting to close Word?
Thanks!
>-----Original Message-----
>Beth
>
>That was my first understanding - but the more I think
about it the more
>ridiculous the idea seems!
>
>Terry
>
>"Beth Melton" <bmelton@NoSpam4Memvps.org> wrote in message
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>Hi Terry,
>
>I interpreted the OP's description of the problem as they
either have
>Normal.dot in a read-only folder or they have changed the
file
>attribute to read-only. His corporate template is
attempting to modify
>Normal.dot which of course it can't be done due to the
read-only
>status.
>
>I'd say your original advice was spot-on. Word doesn't
operate 'as
>designed' when Normal.dot is read-only. :-)
>
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>"TF" <terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom> wrote in message
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>> I'm still a bit baffled as to why normal.dot is being
locked as Read
>Only.
>> Are you saying that the 'other template' is being
loaded which is
>locking
>> normal.dot on purpose? Is the 'other template' loaded
automatically
>from the
>> Word Start-up folder when you launch Word?
>>
>> There are dozens of reason why Word tries to save
changes to
>normal.dot
>> (global template) when you close Word. This can be a
custom macro,
>template
>> add-in, or COM add-in. If you start Word using the /a
switch, does
>Word
>> still want to save changes to the normal.dot if you
close it
>immediately?
>>
>> To use the /a switch, type in winword /a in the Run
dialog and press
>enter.
>>
>> Terry
>
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