Re: renaming file

From: Suzanne S. Barnhill (sbarnhill_at_mvps.org)
Date: 04/29/04 

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 11:55:34 -0500

As Graham says, Tools | Options | File Locations: User templates is not a
file path but the sequence of menu commands and buttons you need to find the
location of Normal.dot. Once you get the correct file path from that dialog,
you can search for it in Windows Explorer (which you may know under the name
My Computer). You can also use Windows Find or Search (from the Start menu)
to search for Normal.dot or choose Explore from the menu you get by
right-clicking on the Start button. 

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"Graham Mayor" <gmayor@NOSPAMmvps.org> wrote in message
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> This sounds like my advice :)
>
> The file you are renaming is presumably normal.dot. That file is located
in
> a folder on your hard drive the location of which will vary according to
> what operating system you are running.
>
> The location of that file can be found from Word in the menu structure
tools
> > options > file locations > user templates.
>
> You are confusing Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer. It is Windows
> Explorer that we are concerned with here. You'll find it amongst the
> programs installed in Windows from the Windows Start Menu.
>
> When you have it running, select its Tools > Folder Options > View
> Amongst the list of options is one to show hidden files and folders -
check
> that.
> There is another to Hide extensions for known file types - uncheck that.
> OK your way out of there.
> You can now search for normal.dot and when you find it, rename it to
> oldnormal.dot
>
> You can then reset the File display options back as you had them before or
> leave them as it is more useful to know what is on your machine than to
let
> things happen unseen.
>
> If Word has crashed, then you'll need to clear up the mess before you
change
> the display back - see
> http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm
>
>
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> doug wrote:
> > I want to rename a file. Someone advised me to do this
> > but I don't know how to start:
> >
> > (apparently this is in a hidden file)
> >
> > word/tools/options/filelocation/usertemplates
> >
> > I think that's the path.  don't even know how to find
> > those folders to rename it.  I looked repeatedly in all
> > the folder on my PC and I'm stumped
> >
> > he'd said to "do it in Explorer with Word closed" which
> > further confused me 'cause Explorer is just for the Net
>
>