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MS Office Forum / Word / Menus and Toolbars / September 2005Word 2003 Doesn't "Remember" Font/Toolbar Customizations
I am running Office 2003 on a Dell laptop, Windows XP SP2. When I make customizations to Word (changing the styles, default font, toolbars), when I restart Word, it is back to it¹s default settings. What is going on here? I¹ve tried using the Organizer, and everything else I can think of, but nothing seems to work. Can someone help me please? If you have Acrobat 7 installed, see the last section of this page: http://gmayor.com/lose_that_adobe_acrobat_toolbar.htm Acrobat 7 prevents saving changes to Normal.dot, where such customizations are held. > I am running Office 2003 on a Dell laptop, Windows XP SP2. When I make > customizations to Word (changing the styles, default font, toolbars), when I > restart Word, it is back to it¹s default settings. What is going on here? > I¹ve tried using the Organizer, and everything else I can think of, but > nothing seems to work. Can someone help me please?  SignatureDaiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: <http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/> What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ OK, thanks! Is there a way I can get Word to start up then in a different template? When I follow the on-line instructions (using the /t switch), Windows tells me it is not a valid shortcut. (I¹m a Mac user that just bought a PC as an ³accessory² to my PowerBook...lol) On 09/19/05 19:12, in article BF54BE14.468E6%daiyaNOSPAM@mvps.org.INVALID, > If you have Acrobat 7 installed, see the last section of this page: > http://gmayor.com/lose_that_adobe_acrobat_toolbar.htm [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >> > I am running Office 2003 on a Dell laptop, Windows XP SP2. When I make >> > customizations to Word (changing the styles, default font, toolbars), when I >> > restart Word, it is back to it¹s default settings. What is going on here? >> > I¹ve tried using the Organizer, and everything else I can think of, but >> > nothing seems to work. Can someone help me please? Re: Word 2003 Doesn't "Remember" Font/Toolbar CustomizationsAdobe 7 flags normal.dot as "saved" to prevent itself from flagging normal.dot as unsaved. This was to avoid a previous complaint that with Adobe Acrobat installed, normal.dot looked "unsaved" each time you opened Word, even if you hadn't done anything to normal.dot. However, this does NOT prevent normal.dot from being saved. It merely prevents it from being saved automatically. To force a save, press Shift and click File in the menu, the click Save All. Normal.dot will indeed be saved -- changes & all. To answer your question, however, to use the /t switch, there should be a space between /t and the end of winword.exe", and NO space between the t and the beginning of the template specification. I always use the full spec so I'm sure it will find the template I want it to. So, the spec might look something like this: ...winword.exe" /t"C:\Documents and Settings\Herb\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates\WS Report.dot" SignatureHerb Tyson MS MVP Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. http://www.herbtyson.com OK, thanks! Is there a way I can get Word to start up then in a different template? When I follow the on-line instructions (using the /t switch), Windows tells me it is not a valid shortcut. (I’m a Mac user that just bought a PC as an “accessory” to my PowerBook...lol) On 09/19/05 19:12, in article BF54BE14.468E6%daiyaNOSPAM@mvps.org.INVALID, "Daiya Mitchell" <daiyaNOSPAM@mvps.org.INVALID> wrote: If you have Acrobat 7 installed, see the last section of this page: http://gmayor.com/lose_that_adobe_acrobat_toolbar.htm Acrobat 7 prevents saving changes to Normal.dot, where such customizations are held. > I am running Office 2003 on a Dell laptop, Windows XP SP2. When I make > customizations to Word (changing the styles, default font, toolbars), when > I > restart Word, it is back to it’s default settings. What is going on here? > I’ve tried using the Organizer, and everything else I can think of, but > nothing seems to work. Can someone help me please? It's also possible that this switch doesn't work on Macs. In any case, an easier way to start with a document based on a specific template is to put a shortcut to that template on the desktop and use it to start Word. 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. > Re: Word 2003 Doesn't "Remember" Font/Toolbar CustomizationsAdobe 7 flags > normal.dot as "saved" to prevent itself from flagging normal.dot as unsaved. [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > > I’ve tried using the Organizer, and everything else I can think of, but > > nothing seems to work. Can someone help me please? Oh, I know the switch isn¹t applicable to the Mac. I just added that as an excuse for ignorance of Word for Windows...:-) > It's also possible that this switch doesn't work on Macs. In any case, an > easier way to start with a document based on a specific template is to put a > shortcut to that template on the desktop and use it to start Word. Herb, Thanks for the tip. I will try it tomorrow morning. On 09/20/05 19:30, in article #Q6iwRlvFHA.1252@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl, "Herb Tyson [MVP]" <herb@1x2y3z.xnw> wrote: > Re: Word 2003 Doesn't "Remember" Font/Toolbar CustomizationsAdobe 7 flags > normal.dot as "saved" to prevent itself from flagging normal.dot as unsaved. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Data\Microsoft\Templates\WS Report.dot" Herb, that worked great. Thank you! On 09/20/05 19:30, in article #Q6iwRlvFHA.1252@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl, "Herb Tyson [MVP]" <herb@1x2y3z.xnw> wrote: > Re: Word 2003 Doesn't "Remember" Font/Toolbar CustomizationsAdobe 7 flags > normal.dot as "saved" to prevent itself from flagging normal.dot as unsaved. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Data\Microsoft\Templates\WS Report.dot" |
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