Re: Word Normal template change

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In article <C1C80860.B702%art@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Art
Shotwell <art@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Every time I close Word 2004, I get the message:

Changes have been made that affect the global template, "Normal". Do you
want to save those changes? (Don't Save), (Cancel), (Save)

This message comes up whether or not I create a new doc. Always. But, I
notice when I use my wife's Word 2004, she doesn't get this message. How can
I make it go away??? One major problem with it, for me at least, is that the
default is to Save the changes. Why would I, when I don't know what those
changes are?

Every time you change a style, or do one of several other things, like
add autocorrects and macros, Word wants to remember that so next time
it will serve the styles and everything back up to you to satisfy your
current whim.

Now, it is all of London to a burnt match that you don't know that you
are doing those things to your styles, and slightly shorter odds that
you don't know what styles are either. And about the same odds that you
don't care either. <evil grin>

In that case, there is a preference setting in Word » Preferences » Save
"Prompt to save normal template" Just uncheck it and you'll never see
that message again.

Later, when you have become more fastidious about your documents,
probably as a result of reading
http://word.mvps.org/Mac/Bend/BendWordToYourWill.html
you will probably want to turn it back on again ... and a lot of other
preferences off. (The ones that make Word easy to use, but turn it into
a slippery little eel.)
By the time you have got your head around "Bend", you won't be worrying
about how big your font list is either. You'll only look at it when you
are writing ransom notes.
(I'll meet you over in your other post with a few fontish bits of magic)

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