attaching styles template causes WordXP to lock up

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jeanne - 07 Oct 2003 15:59 GMT

I have spent several hours customizing styles, redefining
default ones and creating new ones. I saved these to
a .dot file. When I attempt to attach this template to the
document in which I want to use them, Word locks up. Any
idea why or how to prevent it?

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&:-jesse\) - 07 Oct 2003 17:14 GMT

This is probably not the answer you want to hear, but you
may have corruption in your new template. Once corruption
enters a template, it is usually not good news. Try
recreating your steps and save again, perhaps saving a few
styles at a time while checking for problems by applying.

jesse

>-----Original Message-----
>I have spent several hours customizing styles, redefining
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>idea why or how to prevent it?
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Cindy M -WordMVP- - 09 Oct 2003 15:26 GMT

Hi &:-jesse\),

I agree about the damage; it might be in the template or the
document.

But I'd try using Tools/Customize/Organizer to copy the
styles across to new file, rather than trying to recreate
everything.

> This is probably not the answer you want to hear, but you
> may have corruption in your new template. Once corruption
> enters a template, it is usually not good news. Try
> recreating your steps and save again, perhaps saving a few
> styles at a time while checking for problems by applying.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep
30 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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