Normal dot

[Dave]

When I close a document in Word, a message says: The file
Mormal dot already exists. Do you want to replace the
existing file?
I don't know what it means. If I clck No or Cancel, a
message says: Changes have been made that affect the
global template, Normal dot. Do you want to save these
changes?
I've never knowingly changed the "global template."
All I want to do is save the particular document I've
been working on. Does anybody know how I can just make
this "Normal dot" line of questions disappear for good
without messing up my files?

[Kelly]

Hi Dave,

Do a search for Normal.dot and delete them all.

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP [AE-Windows® XP]
Troubleshooting Windows XP
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"Dave" > wrote in message
...
> When I close a document in Word, a message says: The file
> Mormal dot already exists. Do you want to replace the
> existing file?
> I don't know what it means. If I clck No or Cancel, a
> message says: Changes have been made that affect the
> global template, Normal dot. Do you want to save these
> changes?
> I've never knowingly changed the "global template."
> All I want to do is save the particular document I've
> been working on. Does anybody know how I can just make
> this "Normal dot" line of questions disappear for good
> without messing up my files?

[Kelly]

Hi Dave,

Do a search for Normal.dot and delete them all.

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP [AE-Windows® XP]
Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm


"Dave" > wrote in message
...
> When I close a document in Word, a message says: The file
> Mormal dot already exists. Do you want to replace the
> existing file?
> I don't know what it means. If I clck No or Cancel, a
> message says: Changes have been made that affect the
> global template, Normal dot. Do you want to save these
> changes?
> I've never knowingly changed the "global template."
> All I want to do is save the particular document I've
> been working on. Does anybody know how I can just make
> this "Normal dot" line of questions disappear for good
> without messing up my files?

[taurarian]

Sometimes this happens if Word is opened twice.=20

http://www.mvps.org/word/Default.htm
http://www.gmayor.dsl.pipex.com/

More info can be obtained from these sites above.



>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Dave,
>
>Do a search for Normal.dot and delete them all.
>
>--=20
>All the Best,
>Kelly
>
>MS-MVP Win98/XP [AE-Windows=AE XP]
>Troubleshooting Windows XP
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>
>Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm
>
>
>"Dave" > wrote in message
...
>> When I close a document in Word, a message says: The=20
file
>> Mormal dot already exists. Do you want to replace the
>> existing file?
>> I don't know what it means. If I clck No or Cancel, a
>> message says: Changes have been made that affect the
>> global template, Normal dot. Do you want to save these
>> changes?
>> I've never knowingly changed the "global template."
>> All I want to do is save the particular document I've
>> been working on. Does anybody know how I can just make
>> this "Normal dot" line of questions disappear for good
>> without messing up my files?
>
>.
>

[taurarian]

Sometimes this happens if Word is opened twice.=20

http://www.mvps.org/word/Default.htm
http://www.gmayor.dsl.pipex.com/

More info can be obtained from these sites above.



>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Dave,
>
>Do a search for Normal.dot and delete them all.
>
>--=20
>All the Best,
>Kelly
>
>MS-MVP Win98/XP [AE-Windows=AE XP]
>Troubleshooting Windows XP
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>
>Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm
>
>
>"Dave" > wrote in message
...
>> When I close a document in Word, a message says: The=20
file
>> Mormal dot already exists. Do you want to replace the
>> existing file?
>> I don't know what it means. If I clck No or Cancel, a
>> message says: Changes have been made that affect the
>> global template, Normal dot. Do you want to save these
>> changes?
>> I've never knowingly changed the "global template."
>> All I want to do is save the particular document I've
>> been working on. Does anybody know how I can just make
>> this "Normal dot" line of questions disappear for good
>> without messing up my files?
>
>.
>

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Are you using any kind of antivirus software, and do you keep it's
virus definition files up-to-date? That message is a common
indication of any number of Word Macro viruses.

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
----
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH


"Dave" > wrote in message
...
> When I close a document in Word, a message says: The file
> Mormal dot already exists. Do you want to replace the
> existing file?
> I don't know what it means. If I clck No or Cancel, a
> message says: Changes have been made that affect the
> global template, Normal dot. Do you want to save these
> changes?
> I've never knowingly changed the "global template."
> All I want to do is save the particular document I've
> been working on. Does anybody know how I can just make
> this "Normal dot" line of questions disappear for good
> without messing up my files?

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Are you using any kind of antivirus software, and do you keep it's
virus definition files up-to-date? That message is a common
indication of any number of Word Macro viruses.

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
----
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH


"Dave" > wrote in message
...
> When I close a document in Word, a message says: The file
> Mormal dot already exists. Do you want to replace the
> existing file?
> I don't know what it means. If I clck No or Cancel, a
> message says: Changes have been made that affect the
> global template, Normal dot. Do you want to save these
> changes?
> I've never knowingly changed the "global template."
> All I want to do is save the particular document I've
> been working on. Does anybody know how I can just make
> this "Normal dot" line of questions disappear for good
> without messing up my files?

[Rick Merrill]

Dave wrote:
> When I close a document in Word, a message says: The file
> Mormal dot already exists. Do you want to replace the
> existing file?
> I don't know what it means. If I clck No or Cancel, a
> message says: Changes have been made that affect the
> global template, Normal dot. Do you want to save these
> changes?
> I've never knowingly changed the "global template."
> All I want to do is save the particular document I've
> been working on. Does anybody know how I can just make
> this "Normal dot" line of questions disappear for good
> without messing up my files?

"To avoid this, you'll always want to start a new file by clicking the
new page icon, hitting Ctrl/N or clicking File/New. To fix the
problem, the user needs to reopen the Normal.dot file, remove the text
and resave the file." -
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=151

[Rick Merrill]

Dave wrote:
> When I close a document in Word, a message says: The file
> Mormal dot already exists. Do you want to replace the
> existing file?
> I don't know what it means. If I clck No or Cancel, a
> message says: Changes have been made that affect the
> global template, Normal dot. Do you want to save these
> changes?
> I've never knowingly changed the "global template."
> All I want to do is save the particular document I've
> been working on. Does anybody know how I can just make
> this "Normal dot" line of questions disappear for good
> without messing up my files?

"To avoid this, you'll always want to start a new file by clicking the
new page icon, hitting Ctrl/N or clicking File/New. To fix the
problem, the user needs to reopen the Normal.dot file, remove the text
and resave the file." -
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=151

[Rick Merrill]

Kelly wrote:
> Hi Dave,
>
> Do a search for Normal.dot and delete them all.
>

"However, my pet peeve is when someone mindlessly tells a user to
delete their Normal.dot! This is not good advice, particularly when
advising a new user! The user may not realize that many custom
settings they may have worked hard to create will be blown away when
they delete the file. Sure, it may fix the current problem, but may
also cause them many hours of work to recreate macros or custom styles
which are now gone! "
- http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=151

[Rick Merrill]

Kelly wrote:
> Hi Dave,
>
> Do a search for Normal.dot and delete them all.
>

"However, my pet peeve is when someone mindlessly tells a user to
delete their Normal.dot! This is not good advice, particularly when
advising a new user! The user may not realize that many custom
settings they may have worked hard to create will be blown away when
they delete the file. Sure, it may fix the current problem, but may
also cause them many hours of work to recreate macros or custom styles
which are now gone! "
- http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=151

[you]

That is completely the wrong advice, how many settings can=20
be lost when doing this ?

To the OP :-

In word 97 anyway, so could be simalar to others :-

tools/options/save

uncheck "prompt to save normal template".


>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Dave,
>
>Do a search for Normal.dot and delete them all.
>
>--=20
>All the Best,
>Kelly
>
>MS-MVP Win98/XP [AE-Windows=AE XP]
>Troubleshooting Windows XP
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>
>Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm
>
>
>"Dave" > wrote in message
...
>> When I close a document in Word, a message says: The=20
file
>> Mormal dot already exists. Do you want to replace the
>> existing file?
>> I don't know what it means. If I clck No or Cancel, a
>> message says: Changes have been made that affect the
>> global template, Normal dot. Do you want to save these
>> changes?
>> I've never knowingly changed the "global template."
>> All I want to do is save the particular document I've
>> been working on. Does anybody know how I can just make
>> this "Normal dot" line of questions disappear for good
>> without messing up my files?
>
>.
>