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MS Office Forum / Word / General MS Word Questions / November 2005"changes have been made that affect the global template" but they haven't!
Word 2003; Win XP Pro SP2 I started getting the above message on Sunday. This is NOT related to editing; it occurs even if I open Word without a document and immediately close it. I googled and found Charles Kenyon's page <http://www.addbalance.com/word/savenormal.htm> and read through it carefully. This suggests that the problem is a poorly written add-in, but I can't find it. Using <http://www.addbalance.com/word/savenormal.htm>, I checked for add-ins and found: ++ Only one in my startup folder, namely my own customization template. If I move this out of the startup folder, the problem persists, so this is not the culprit. ++ No files at all in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\Startup ++No COM add-ins at all ++Tools >> Templates and Addins lists only my customization template, mentioned above When I try "winword /a" as suggested, the problem doesn't occur. With "winword" it does occur. Help! This spurious prompt to change NORMAL.DOT is annoying, and I'd like to get rid of it.  SignatureStan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com/ "If there's one thing I know, it's men. I ought to: it's been my life work." -- Marie Dressler, in /Dinner at Eight/ Did you look in the Office Startup folder? SignatureCharles 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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. > Word 2003; Win XP Pro SP2 > [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > Help! This spurious prompt to change NORMAL.DOT is annoying, and I'd > like to get rid of it. Tue, 1 Nov 2005 16:44:36 -0600 from Charles Kenyon <msnewsgroup@remove.no.spam.addbalance.com>: > > ++ No files at all in > > C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\Startup > Did you look in the Office Startup folder? I thought I did -- was I looking in the wrong place? SignatureStan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com/ "If there's one thing I know, it's men. I ought to: it's been my life work." -- Marie Dressler, in /Dinner at Eight/ I get this every time the time changes (from Daylight-Saving to Standard or vice versa). I'm not sure what it is about the time change that triggers it, but it is harmless. Like you, I can open Word, do nothing, and immediately close it and still get the message, so after a time or two, I just say yes. SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > Word 2003; Win XP Pro SP2 > [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > Help! This spurious prompt to change NORMAL.DOT is annoying, and I'd > like to get rid of it. Tue, 1 Nov 2005 17:49:45 -0600 from Suzanne S. Barnhill <sbarnhill@mvps.org>: > I get this every time the time changes (from Daylight-Saving to Standard or > vice versa). I'm not sure what it is about the time change that triggers it, > but it is harmless. Like you, I can open Word, do nothing, and immediately > close it and still get the message, so after a time or two, I just say yes. Thanks Suzanne for your reply. I thought it was DST related too, so I tried on Monday saying Yes. But it's still giving the prompt, even when I open word via Start >> Run >> "winword" (no document) and immediately close it. SignatureStan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com/ "If there's one thing I know, it's men. I ought to: it's been my life work." -- Marie Dressler, in /Dinner at Eight/ I'm not sure I've closed Word since I said yes, so I'll have to get back to you on that, but it's always worked in the past. I was not the one who figured out the relation to the time change, but it did seem to match my experience, and I was expecting it this time. SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > Tue, 1 Nov 2005 17:49:45 -0600 from Suzanne S. Barnhill > <sbarnhill@mvps.org>: [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > But it's still giving the prompt, even when I open word via Start >> > Run >> "winword" (no document) and immediately close it. Wed, 2 Nov 2005 08:15:13 -0600 from Suzanne S. Barnhill <sbarnhill@mvps.org>: > I'm not sure I've closed Word since I said yes, so I'll have to get back to > you on that, but it's always worked in the past. I was not the one who > figured out the relation to the time change, but it did seem to match my > experience, and I was expecting it this time. Weirdness! I tried it again today, after posting my earlier reply to you, and now when I open and close Word I no longer get the spurious message. So I guess it's either the DST chance and the day after, or else it gets reset after answering the prompt with Yes twice. "Just another Festivus miracle." :-) SignatureStan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com/ "If there's one thing I know, it's men. I ought to: it's been my life work." -- Marie Dressler, in /Dinner at Eight/ |
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