Fiona
Tue Apr 19 01:38:39 CDT 2005
Thanks again Suzanne. I looked at that site before posting which prompted
me to use the "save all" command. I think Charles is right - I just forgot
to click the "save to template" box. A case of "idiot behind the wheel"
syndrome I'm afraid.
Fiona
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:uvf%23kTIRFHA.2136@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Ah, well, in these changed circumstances, I'll ask if you are running
> Acrobat 7. If so, see the last section of
>
http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adobe_acrobat_toolbar.htm
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
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> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
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> "Fiona Nelson" <fionanelson@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:%235LvXMIRFHA.248@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Suzanne, Thanks for the advice. I should have said that when I directly
>> saved to normal.dot the changes were maintained. I agree though, I
>> should
>> set up a proper template - just being a bit lazy.
>>
>> Fiona
>> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:OC2dGRCRFHA.2136@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> > But if she is changing the styles in Normal.dot directly and expressly
>> > saving Normal.dot, as she says, then the problem must be down to
> something
>> > else. Fiona, if you're on a corporate network, make sure that
>> > Normal.dot
>> > isn't being overwritten at startup. If this is the case, do what you
>> > should
>> > probably have done in the first place and create a specific document
>> > template with the styles and formatting set as you prefer, and then
> select
>> > that from the File New dialog when you want to create a document.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> > Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> > Words into Type
>> > Fairhope, Alabama USA
>> > Word MVP FAQ site:
http://word.mvps.org
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>> > so
>> > all may benefit.
>> >
>> > "Charles Kenyon" <msnewsgroup@remove.no.spam.addbalance.com> wrote in
>> > message news:O3s%23wr9QFHA.4020@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> >> It appears that you are missing the step: Save to template... after
>> >> you
>> > have
>> >> modified your styles.
>> >> --
>> >> 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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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>> >> from my ignorance and your wisdom.
>> >>
>> >> "fiona nelson" <fionanelson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> >> message
>> >> news:0B349F78-DE30-44A8-AA1D-1903B65A4333@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Using word 2000 with updates (help about now reads as word 2002? -
> from
>> > my
>> >> > IT
>> >> > guys)
>> >> >
>> >> > I changed computers at work. I then went to change all my styles in
>> >> > Word
>> >> > to
>> >> > reflect my own preferences, closed word, and repopened to find
> nothing
>> >> > "stuck". From other threads I read this was becasue normal.dot was
> not
>> >> > saving properly so I re-did my styles (know them off by heart now
> :-))
>> > and
>> >> > used shift+file/ save all. Again I closed out of word and found that
>> > upon
>> >> > re-opening none of my changes had stuck again. I also noted that I
>> > would
>> >> > expect to get the message "Do you want to save normal.dot?" and this
>> >> > didn't
>> >> > appear, and the normal message "word is saving normal.dot" did not
>> > appear
>> >> > in
>> >> > the task manager pane at the bottom of word.
>> >> >
>> >> > I eventually figured out how to open Normal.dot directly and make
>> >> > the
>> >> > changes there, but I was wondering if anyone knows why word is
>> > exhibiting
>> >> > this behaviour? I did not have "Prompt to save normal template"
>> >> > ticked,
>> >> > but
>> >> > I thought that shift+file /save all would over ride that anyway?
>> >> >
>> >> > Any help would be appreciated as I don't want to have to open
>> >> > Normal.dot
>> >> > every time I decide to change something.
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks,
>> >> >
>> >> > Fiona Nelson
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
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