Charles
Fri Sep 23 07:53:38 CDT 2005
Normal.dot is not necessarily the best place to keep AutoText. See
http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm for step-by-step instructions
on moving / sharing / copying / backing-up customizations including
AutoText, AutoCorrect, keyboard assignments, toolbars, macros, etc. You'll
see how to make the AutoText is your normal2.dot file available on startup
by making it a secondary global template.
From the FAQ:
28. I can't save my customizations - AutoText, menus, etc.
Can't save normal.dot...
If you have Adobe Acrobat 7 installed see the last section of
http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adobe_acrobat_toolbar.htm.
Otherwise, hold down the Shift key when selecting the File
menu and select Save All.
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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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"Lexigist" <angiej@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message
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>I have a large autotext list with addresses etc. This has been saved to
> an alternated file named normal2.dot. Now when I add a new auto text or
> change an existing one it does not save it except in the current
> session of word. next time it is turned on it will be gone.
> It says normal.dot is read only but when I look at properties it says
> it isn't. It doesn't appear to be saving to the alternate file either.
> Also, the auto text doesn't appear automatically (although it used to).
> Everytime the machine is rebooted I have to go to templates and add-ins
> and select the extra file. Is there a way of making this a default.
>
> A
> Any ideas please
> Thank you
>