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    - Problem with word! Emergency!!! I have been trying to type a document longer than a page for a month now and my Word program isn't letting me. I have to go into Reading layout to see more than the first page. School has started and I need to fix this soon. I have already reinstalled just word and then I uninstalled and reinstalled the whole Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 program. What more can I do?? Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 87048
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    - cannot sort a table containing merged cells - how to resolve? Attempting to sort a table. Cannot identify andy merged cellsc - getting error message "cannot sort a table containing merged cells". Does anyone oknow how I might resolve this problem? - how to resolve? Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 87046
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    - Where to get FRENCH DICTIONARY files for Word 2000 SR-1 I installed MS Word 2000 SR-1 from my WORKS SUITE 2000 disc. I only have the options of English Canadian, US, etc. Where can I get the files so I can have French Canada also display as I need to check documents in French also. I do not have Office so go to "Langauge Tools" is not going to work. I only have WORD 2000 SR-1 installed. Thanks Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 87045
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    - (Product) has encountered a problem..... Hello, I have a problem that occurs not only in Word, but in every other office 2003 program as well. The programs work fine, but as soon as i close them out, every one of them says "(Word) has encountered a problem and needs to close, we are sorry for the inconvenience" When i checked to see what the error report contained, they all contain a .cvr temporary file that disappears when the program is shut down. Help!? Thanks Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 87042
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    - document name or path is not valid, try these suggestions OK, i have a user trying to open a doc in word. we get the following informational. When you use Word 2003 to try to open a document, you may receive the following error message: The document name or path is not valid. Try these suggestions. Check the file permissions for the document or drive. Use the File Open dialog box to locate the document. C:\...\file path\file name I have done what was mentioned and it doesnt work. I have tried it also in cmd: Winword.exe /safe, i have done a restore of the document from monday. i have also enabled it in help/about ms word/disabled items field. i unchecked smart tags. i am beliving it is a corrupt file, just wanted others views on this thanks. Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 87039
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    - Word XP and inserting excel WHen I insert a excel table in a word document then I can only access it ones. After leaving the excel table to continue in the word document it self with word processing I am no longer able to access the excel table. Message i get is: This object is corrupt or no longer available. This message appears with new created docuements as well as existing where a excel table was inserted in the past. All this happened after reinstalling XP pro and after that Office XP (2002). Looking forward to any reactions. Regards, Jaap Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 87038
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    - Document printing Somehow a document got filed within my Word application. Whenever I print out a new document the old document prints at the end of the new document. Can anyone help me to get rid of the old document? Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 87029
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    - Word quits when clicking on "Insert Symbol" Word 2002 quits every time I try to click on "Insert Symbol" - does anyone know why this might be happening and what I need to do to fix it? I've got a huge project and it entails inserting a lot of these special characters. Please HELP!!!! S. Diva Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 87022
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    - "The file appears to be corrupt" When I try to access the Style pulldown on the toolbar, I receive the error "The file appears to be corrupt". The file appears "uncorrupted" and seems to be otherwise editable (cut/paste/type, etc.) without incident. Does anyone know what this really means and how I can fix it? Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 87020
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    - "macro cannot be found or has been disabled ..." A user has had HP Scanjet 8250 installed on their XP box that has caused their MSWord2003 to display the following error when MSWord is launched and when saving a newly created file (NOT opening a file): "The macro cannot be found of has been disabled because of your Macro security settings." The user's macro settings were ALREADY as "Medium," and Outlook was closed the entire time of these attempts (so Outlook's use of Word as its email editor was not a factor). Some documentation states to delete all *.tmp files in order to "free" the Normal.dot file. But before I do invasive surgery, I'd like to see if there is something that I'm missing. Did the HP Scanjet 8250 installation cause this? Is it not compatible with Word (Scanjet must cooperate with Word in order to provide the option to scan directly into Word)? Thanks for any help. Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 87017
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    - "file not available" I installed MS Office XP professional with service pack 3 and security updates from the website. Now it won't open any files just gives me the error message "file not available" even for files I just created. Any suggestions? Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 87012
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    - Normal.dot problem I'm opening a word document via an Access 2000 Application. When I try to close the word file I receive a message telling I want to save the file with another name. I say 'NO', I receive another message telling me that "the file is currently in use by another application or user (c:\Document and Settings\...\Normal.dot". And when I press on the OK button it displays the Save As screen inviting me to save the Normal.dot file.... The problem is, before closing the word file, I'm invited to answer to 4 or 5 questions.! Could you please help me diagnosing this problem which will save me time and annoyance. thanks Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 87009
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    - Mouse courser hangs in Word 2003 Hello, a user on my network seems to be having a problem, word 2003 constantly displays the hour glass while she is typing. The user is running WIN XP PRO, Office 2003. I have yet to install WIN XP SP2 on her workstation. I have tried reinstalling, repairing with no luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 87005
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    - QueryInterface error When I try to mail merge from my database into word, I am getting an error that says "QueryInterface for interface Word._Application failed" Any suggestions? Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 87004
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    - Word takes lot of time to save the file When any attachment from mail (accessed thru Outlook Web Access)like word file(.doc)has come, and when u click on attachment it opens and when we do file "Save As", it takes lot of time (approx. 10 min.) to come the "Save As" Dialogue Box. What could be the problem ? Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 87003
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    - Word should keep the last clicked button active in the Find and R. In previous versions (I'm using 11.5604.5606), after finding what to be replaced, one could click Replace, and then press Enter for each additional replacement. Now (I think/hope it's a bug), only the Find Next button remains active and I must use either the mouse again or the keyboard shortcut (Alt+R) for repetitive actions. I would like to see the option of repetative actions returned to the Find and Replace dialog. Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 87002
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    - Word should keep scrolling bar alive in cross-references dialog. A correction to my previous postâ??the scrolling bar remains alive if the user clicks inside the For which... box of the X-ref dialog, but not when the click is on the scrolling bar box (after clicking out of the dialog). Once the click is inside the For which box, the scrolling bar is useable. Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 87001
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    - Word should let me create repetative cross-references w/o needing. A bug in version 11.5604.5606, that didn't exist in Word 10, hides the scroll bar in the cross-reference dialog after clicking out of the dialog (whether an insertion was created or not). In versions 10.x-, I could continue to mark (or highlight) a new entry point, return to the dialog, scroll to the new X-ref and click Insert. I could continue repeating this procedure indefinately. Now, I must close the dialog following each click out of it because the scroll bar doesn't appear. When I reopen, it appears for one more current attempt. I would appreciate Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 87000
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    - Word locks up when I try to open a file I cut and pasted a message from my email to a word document, now word is locked up when I try to open a file Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 86992
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    - document files not available I cannot open saved word documents, including new documents created since this problem, and documents saved to media before occurrence of this problem; message: file "file name" is unavailable. I have reloaded word. no good. I have updated norton anti-virus. no good. All published fixes I have found that seem appropriate lead to the use of the support template in the office tools drop-down menu. I have tried to access office tools word support template, but i don't have the template in the drop-down, so i downloaded the support template, however it will not load; message: support template is not a valid win32 document. Suggestions? Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 86991
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    - Smart-Paste Avoids Freezing, Stealth Uglification Regular paste (ctrl-V) isn't an option in the following situations: 1. Copy from a webpage to MS Word; 2. Copy from MS Word to Outlook Express plaintext message composition window. In the case of #1, your computer is liable to freeze for a prolonged period of time as MS does something clever to convert formats. As for #2, that paste operation arouses OE bugs that have been known for years. The plaintext composition window, despite being "plaintext," invisibly retains unwanted formatting that results in messages being severely uglified -- but only at the instant of SEND, when it's too late to stop it. Before discovering THE BETTER WAY, my fingers had become quite agile in making rapid detours to the format-free oasis of Notepad for the purpose of delousing text. To paste from Word to OE, for example, I would: - copy to clipboard (in Word) - switch to Notepad - paste - select all - copy to clipboard - switch to OE - paste But now, a utility recommended to me on the microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress newsgroup has changed this routine to: - copy to clipboard (in Word) - switch to OE - smart-paste I'm still trying to get used to it. To top it off, smart-paste gives you a nice confirmation sound effect. The utility is PureText, available for free at http://www.stevemiller.net/puretext/ . The smart-paste keystroke is Windows-V by default. "Smart-paste" is my word, not stevemiller's. In a simpler world, formatted text would be smart and 1960's-style ASCII text would be dumb. But with buggy software, less is more, and smart becomes dumber. I have only a tiny quibble which is really just academic since it makes no practical difference to me. It'd be a bit smarter if the smart-paste operation left the clipboard unchanged, rather than stripping its contents of formatting. P.S. I'm in no way affiliated with stevemiller.net; I'm just a grateful user. P.P.S. Freezing and stealth uglification occur at least with Windows XP / Word 2000 / Outlook 6; probably other versions too. -- http://urielw.com Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 86990
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    - Runtime Error Message When I am mid document, I get a "Runtime Error" Abnormal Program Termination. How can I fix it? Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 86988
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    - Document cannot be registered. I'm having the same problem with Word 2003 that 2 others in this newsgroup have had. I get the message (Document cannot be registered. It will not be possible to create links from other documents to this document.) when I open a new or existing document in Word 2003 on a Windows XP Pro computer with XP Service Pack 2. As suggested in a response to one of the others, I ran Winword /r and the progress bar that appeared progressed halfway across the bar and then ended. I still have the problem. I do not have NAV installed. I use Panda anti- virus. Any other suggestions? Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 86984
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    - Compile Error Message When launching Word or Excel I get the following message "Compile error in hidden module "AutoExec". After clicking OK the programs comes up normally. However I get the same message when closing the application. How can I get rid of this error message? Thanks, Ken Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 86979
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    - AutoText Still Not Working That did not work either. It's like when I type something it's fine, when I try and just do an autoinsert it imports something that this 1 followed by a lot of boxes ending in a 1. I can't toggle the codes or anything. Is there a way to change a file, or rebuild autoinsert, or perhaps clear something in the registry? >-----Original Message----- >You seeing the field rather than the result. Check under Tools, Options, >View tab that the Show, Field Codes check box is clear. Or right-click in >the field and select Toggle Field or select the field(s) and use Shift+F9 to >toggle the field codes. > >-- >Terry Farrell - Word MVP >http://word.mvps.org/ > >"bigAL" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >news:307301c49ff0$3a3648a0$a501280a@phx.gbl... >:I am working in Word 2003. When I go to insert a footer, >: choose autotext, then try and insert something like >: filename and path, all I get are like numbers and boxes. >: I can type the correct data in and it stays fine. The >: autotext feature does not work in headers and footers. >: Any suggestions. I have already run the disk, repaired >: and replaced word and the whole office sweet. I have run >: all the updates from the microsoft website, and run all >: service pack updates. I'm at a loss. What can I do to >: get the AutoText to working in Headers and Footers. >: Thanks Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 86974
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    - Office XP Word will not close When we try to close Office XP SBE Word w/SP3, the file does close but the application will not close. We receive a fatal error report. We have to open task manager and end the Winword Process in order for Word to close. We have tried a repair and a uninstall/install. We cannot do a system restore because the system restore was turned off. Any help on fixing this problem is very much appreciated. Ruben Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 86973
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    - Deleting in word 97 for windows Hello, THis is probably a dumb question and I hope has a simple answer. When I am working in a Word 97 document and want to delete and item I have to press delete and then "Y" for yes. I never had to press the Y before and I don't know what I did to make it work that way or how to get it back to normal. Can someone help out a computer dummie PLEASE. Thanks Please email me directly if you have an answer by Sept 23. Greg Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 86967
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    - Lost the cd keys for microsoft word. I Lost the cd keys for microsoft word.I have the cd.How do I get the cd keys.If you dont mind helping me with this problem. Kind regards Mark Waters My e mail is markantonywaters@hotmail.com. Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 86966
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    - Word goes directly to the bottom toolbar when open and will not maximize Every time I open Word, it goes directly to the bottom tool bar. I try to maximize and it still doesn't. I've tried opening it from the Start menue/programs, shortcut, & launch bar. I've also tried creating another shortcut, doesn't work. I've tried opening my old word docs.,but still doesn't open. What can I do? Im running XP PRo... Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 86956
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    - Word Global Template disabled on Exit Hi, I have MS Word 2003 which we installed a GoldMine/Word Link Addin (Goldmine is a CRM application. The link allows goldmine to launch word templates.) However, it is always disabled. Whenever I go into Tools-->Templates & Add-ins, I see that the GMLink.dot is there, but the check mark is not checked. If I check it then the link works fine. If I exit Word. Next time I come back in it is unchecked again. I have never seen this symptom before, we have 40 other computers which works absolutely fine. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, and I played with the Normal.dot file. I removed it and renamed it and did everything, but it seems like that the setting of Word is not being saved when exit. Other Details: There is also another add-in along in that list. It is the Adobe PDF Maker. The PDF Maker add-in is always enabled, when I disable it, it comes back on restart of Word. I tried removing the PDFMaker.dot, still the Goldmine.dot would not stay enabled. The MSWord is the Dutch version, running in Windows XP (also in Dutch.) Can anybody please help? Thanks in advance -Dan Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 86955
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    - Word 2000 Crashes - Menu problems I am running Word 2000 SR-1 under XP. Word opens properly, but when I use the menu (File, Tools, etc), Word freezes and crashes. I don't have the error message with me (I will add it to this string later) but it gives me a dump and the address it crashes on. The toolbar works. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling numerous times. Please help. Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 86953
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    - AutoText not working. I am working in Word 2003. When I go to insert a footer, choose autotext, then try and insert something like filename and path, all I get are like numbers and boxes. I can type the correct data in and it stays fine. The autotext feature does not work in headers and footers. Any suggestions. I have already run the disk, repaired and replaced word and the whole office sweet. I have run all the updates from the microsoft website, and run all service pack updates. I'm at a loss. What can I do to get the AutoText to working in Headers and Footers. Thanks Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 86952
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    - Hyperlink to Template Doc I am trying to Insert a Hyperlink to a template document. I can't do that without opening the template (.dot) itself instead of a copy. So I found on the Microsoft site that I can Workaround that problem but when I try to do as they say, which is to create a shortcut to the template and then manually type the path to the shortcut in the Hyperlink dialog box, and then I try to click on the hyperlink I inserted I get the following box: Microsoft Office Word - Opening "C:\documents and settings\......\shortcut to letebl.dot.lnk" Hyperlinks can be harmful to your computer and data. To protect your computer, click only those hyperlinks from trusted sources. Do you want to continue? When I click Yes, nothing happens and the box disappears. I just can't seem to insert this hyperlink. Can you help? Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 86950
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    - Starting word wuth different user Hi all! I have win98 and have installed Office xp with SP3 LOCALY on some stations on my network. Every time I logg on as a different user, and open word it says "Prepairing to install" and then an error pops up which says word needs to close! If i close the error and then try to re- start word it will work, could some one please help? Thanks Emmet Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 86946
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    - Word hands (shows eggtimer) every few seconds. ? Word hands (shows eggtimer) every few seconds. ? Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 86945
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    - the number must be between 1 and 600 When selecting one word or even a paragraph and wanting to change the font or add something like strikeout, my user keeps getting the following error message: the number must be between 1 and 600 Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 86943
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    - not enough memory or disk space Hi all, I have following problem: there are many pictures included in my document and it is therefore quite big (1.3 MB). The pictures are appearing with a delay but since the 12. picture the pictures dont appear at all and there comes the message "There is not enough memory or disk space to display or print the picture." I use MS Office 2000/Word 2000. Is there any possibility how to avoid this (e.g. to reduce the size of the document without content reduction)? Thanx a lot. Vera Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 86942
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    - How to handle errors caused by Mailmerge in VB We have a VB program which opens word documents and data source and performs mailmerge programmatically. Whenever there is a problem with mailmerge (eg: some mergefields are missing) the word session hangs. It pop-ups some dialogs, like "Record and header delimiter" or "invalid merge field". These dialogs require manual intervention but, programmatically it is difficult to supress these dialogs, the reason being there are multiple scenarios or worse still the WORD session itself is hidden. Is there a way to handle such scenario's using VB? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks Bindhu Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 86940
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    - program inserting its own stuff my word is inserting an arrow every time I hit the tab button. it never did this before. Has anyone else ever had this happen and does anyone know how to turn this off? Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 86939
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    - problems with word my problem its that word its getting problems to work because when you work with it apears an error taht say word had make an error and close and stars again I uninstall the application and it happens again helpme to solve the problem Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 86927
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    - Paragraph Font Reverts to 10 pt Somehow Often a paragraph in 12 pt will suddenly revert to 10 pt., for example when I delete the last page I am working on, the final paragraph on the page remaining reverts from 12 pt to 10 pt. Some kind of bug, but may be getting worse. Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 86926
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    - macro may contain virus warning when opening word doc's Some of 30 users accessing shared files frequently receive a warning that a macro may contain a virus. I have changed the macro security settings to "low". What else can be done to stop the warning? Thanks! Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 86924
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    - save data only for forms I have created a survey in word. I am aware that I can save the responses of the survey in a comma delimited text file so that the data can be easily exported to a statistical package such as SPSS. Here's the problem. I open the word file (the survey), answer some of the questions, go to save as, tools, general options, check "save data only for forms" text only, click ok, click save. A warning about formatting pops up, which the literature has said to ignore and click yes. This should take the responses from the survey and save them in a comma delimited text file in notepad, but nothing happens. It never saves it in a text file. Help. Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 86922
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    - Word 2003 - Can't exit design mode because of control Both users have the same version of Word (Office 2003 Pro). Office has been updated on both machines. Document with checkboxes created on Machine A. Machine B gets following error when opening the file. "Can't exit design mode because of control (X) can not be created" Any Ideas? Thank You Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 86919
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    - How do I restore the normal template in Word 2002. Every time I open any document I get the text of an old document, that I surmise must have gotten saved at some point as the normal template. How do I restore it back the the original blank document. Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 86918
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    - words conflicts with windows sp2 after I installed sp2 for windows xp, word and excel quit "unexpextedly" all the time. when sp2 was uninstalled - the problem went away. Anyone knows how to keep sp2 and still have functioning word and excel? Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 86917
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    - Can't cut and paste from outside Word 2003 I cannot cut and paste to Word 2003 from another application until I first cut and paste within Word. This started immediately after upgrading from Office 97. Once I cut and paste something within Word then cutting and pasting externally work normally. I have uninstalled and reinstalled Office 2003 but am getting the same behavior. Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 86916
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    - Word is loosing my work. I'm using Word 2003 (11.6113.5703), and I keep loosing my work. I *think* it has to do with recovered files, but am not sure. About 5% of the time, when I load a word file with my work on it, it finds a recovered version of the same file. I don't know why, as I had saved, and shut down without a problem. This never happended on previous versions of Word for me. Most times, it starts up with a number (half dozen) of recovered files. Often I can't find a difference between the recovered and the file I opened. Then I say, "get rid of the recovered ones, I'm fine." Then I open the file later, and I've lost a day's work. It could be that I didn't check it out better. But why are saved files not getting saved? I've lost about five days work in the last few months. Is there a DIFF I could run when it pops up a recovered file? Is this a known bug? thanks, Nhoj Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 86914
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    - Word 2000 on Windows XP Each time I try to open Word 2000 on my XP machine I get the following error: AppName: winword.exe ModVer: 6.0.84.35 Offset: 0004eaf1 AppVer: 9.0.0.2717 ModName: VBE6.dll Any help will be appreciated. Thanks Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 86913
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    - Word 2003 Problem On a system running Office 2003, a user tries to open a .doc file and is presented with the following error: Word was unable to read this document. It may be corrupt. The error goes on and on about recovering the file. But if I use another computer with Office 2000, it works. Any ideas? Tag: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot Tag: 86912

I have a user that somehow saved a letter as the default template and now
everytime he starts a new document it is the letter.
I searched his computer for normal.dot to replace it with a blank doc but it
isn't on his computer.

How do I fix this problem?
Thanks in advance,
Rob

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Re: default template messed up - can't find normal.dot by garfield-n-odie

garfield-n-odie
Wed Sep 22 20:32:13 CDT 2004

In recent versions of Word, the normal.dot file is a hidden, so you have
to include hidden and system files/folders in your search options. In
Word, click on Tools | Options | File Locations, and look at the folder
specified for User Templates... that is where the normal.dot file should
be. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm. for
more info.

Rob Bergstrom wrote:

> I have a user that somehow saved a letter as the default template and now
> everytime he starts a new document it is the letter.
> I searched his computer for normal.dot to replace it with a blank doc but it
> isn't on his computer.
>
> How do I fix this problem?
> Thanks in advance,
> Rob
>
>

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