Re: Normal.dot

From: zeldamaniac44 (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/30/04 

Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 23:56:12 -0800

Yes, but have you seen heard of the strange occurence of people overwriting normal.dot without knowing anything about it? This is exactly what happened to me (see my thread <URL: http://communities2.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.word.docmanagement&mid=9132be6e-c0e5-4e7d-8921-feb30f82ece7> in this NG) and they have theories that it happens by people selecting it from history list, that's if I recall correctly, but you should see for yourself:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm

Follow that link and scroll to the bottom, then read the section that says "Help Us Solve a Mystery"
     
     ----- Charles Kenyon wrote: -----
     
     I don't know that it is something to be concerned about, but I think it is
     curious. Usually normal.dot is not listed in "My Recent Documents" nor in
     Word's recently used file list unless it is opened directly.
     --
     
     Charles Kenyon
     
     See the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome!
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     "zeldamaniac44" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hmm . . . I'm not so sure, but I don't think it's anything to be concerned
     about. Normal.dot is the blank template file that loads whenever you start
     Word.
     
     
     

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