Re: Auto Text
From: Graham Mayor (gmayor_at_NOSPAMmvps.org)
Date: 04/29/04
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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 10:19:19 +0100
If you are running Norton AV, its Office Plug-in is both unnecessary and
causes all sorts of spurious problems. This could be another one of them?
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP
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mark wrote:
> I have gone through with the guys from IT and have had a
> look at all the files and folders where the normal.dot
> lives and none of them are read-only. The auto-text
> entries are still working every second or third day, this
> is driving me mad!!
>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> Is your normal.dot template stored in a folder which is marked
>> "read-only?" Is normal.dot read-only? Neither of these should be the
>> case. Word does not behave the way you are describing unless someone
>> is crippling it. --
>>
>> 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)
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>>
>> See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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>> "mark" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:48de01c42be0$ab072f60$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>>> I have been talking with the guys from the IT department
>>> and have assured me that they do not touch, freeze or
>>> change these type of documents.
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> Does that mean that they have frozen the default settings or that
>>>> they don't mess with your normal.dot? My guess is that they have
>>>> frozen the default settings and they do mess with your normal.dot.
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:316101c428ce$a9e97580$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>>>>> sorry it took so long to get back to you (holidays). Yes
>>>>> this is a company PC on a network, and the "IT nazis" told
>>>>> me that they do not touch the default settings on these
>>>>> files.
>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> Is this a company PC on a network? It could be that the IT nazis
>>>>>> cause a default normal.dot template to overwrite your own. In
>>>>>> which case apart from railing at the laziness of the IT staff
>>>>>> which is preventing Word from being used correctly, you will
>>>>>> have to put up with it. On reflection, there is a potential
>>>>>> workaround, but we'll address that if necessary later.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If it is a solo machine, then normal.dot is not being updated.
>>>>>> The original could be corrupt, so rename it and let's start
>>>>>> again with a new one.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Reinstalling Word will have no effect on this problem
>>>>>> whatsoever. The issue is external to Word.
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> Graham Mayor - Word MVP
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>>>>>> Web site www.gmayor.com
>>>>>> Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mark wrote:
>>>>>>> Graham thanks for the help,
>>>>>>> but that still didnt work after the computer was shut down
>>>>>>> for the night then turned back on. Will i need to
>>>>>>> reinstall Word?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>> Autotext is saved in normal.dot by default. You need to save
>>>>>>>> that file when prompted - ensure that prompt to save
>>>>>>>> normal.dot is checked in tools > options > save.
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>> Graham Mayor - Word MVP
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>>>>>>>> Web site www.gmayor.com
>>>>>>>> Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word
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>>>>>>>> Mark wrote:
>>>>>>>>> When i create an auto text entry then exit and shut down
>>>>>>>>> the PC, the auto text entry is not there when i next open
>>>>>>>>> Word, Please help
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