Re: Customized Normal.dotm

Hi Bob,

What, exactly, is in Normal.dotm that is interface language-dependent? And, if there is anything, then what is wrong with using locale-specific versions and, on interface language change, reinstating the appropriate one if it exists? And/or basing the new Normal it creates on the existing one? Something like the way Building Blocks work - although there does seem to be some confusion between interface language and document language there.

The way it works at the moment is destructive, which, in my book, is wrong. It's from another discipline, but Hippocrates' injunction to "First, do no harm" would seem to be appropriate.

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Enjoy,
Tony

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" <75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com> wrote in message news:etA7Rax1IHA.2188@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Claude,

Office 2007 has a new architecture. It's 'language neutral' (i.e. even English is an 'add-on') to the core files.

The renaming of Normal.dot to Normal11.dot on upgrade from Office 2003 is to preserve at least one copy of your prior settings from
the prior version so you'll have it available (the '11' is for Office 2003 which is v11).

Switching the languages with the language setting tool causes Word to create a new basic UI set (much of which it stores with
Normal.dotm) for that language and it unfortunately only has provision for one version back in backup. (Prior versions of Office did
not offer the multilanguage products (other than the proofing tools) to retail/end user customers, so the switching behaviors
weren't too widely seen.

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<<"Claude" <Claude@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:44015A9A-6785-498A-864A-93F879889E36@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Tony

Thank you for your feedback. Indeed, I also noticed that Word will replace
the Normal.dotm.old after a second opening. It even renames Normal.dot to
Normal11.dot if you have previous versions of Office (which we do). I really
don't understand this behaviour.

Anyhow, I've decided that I've spent too much time already trying to figure
this out and I'm just going to start my installations and open and close Word
as many times as I have to before it will accept my Normal.dotm, and then
reset the options that were changed from the initial installaiton. And to
think all of this was so easy with Office 2003! Oh well.

Thanks again.

Claude >>
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Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*



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