My auto text entry is there one day and disappears the next. My IT person
reinstalled our 2003 office application but that did not seem to work.

Hi kbradber,

Which AutoText entries are available depends on the setting of the Insert |
AutoText > AutoText... | tab AutoText | Look in-dropdown list.

Set this list to 'All active templates' in order to have all AutoText
entries at your disposal.

Success,
Cooz
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"kbradber" wrote:

> My auto text entry is there one day and disappears the next. My IT person
> reinstalled our 2003 office application but that did not seem to work.

I will not know until tomorrow is this advice is useful, because that is when
my auto text entry will disappear. It works the day I enter it, and
disappears the next day.

"Cooz" wrote:

> Hi kbradber,
>
> Which AutoText entries are available depends on the setting of the Insert |
> AutoText > AutoText... | tab AutoText | Look in-dropdown list.
>
> Set this list to 'All active templates' in order to have all AutoText
> entries at your disposal.
>
> Success,
> Cooz
> --
> PS: If this is a satisfying answer to your question and you're logged in via
> the Microsoft site, please click Yes to "Did this post answer the question?".
> Thanks.
>
> "kbradber" wrote:
>
> > My auto text entry is there one day and disappears the next. My IT person
> > reinstalled our 2003 office application but that did not seem to work.

Hi kbradber,

That makes sense. Perhaps a log-in script modifies the setting... that may
very well be possible.

Cooz



"kbradber" wrote:

> I will not know until tomorrow is this advice is useful, because that is when
> my auto text entry will disappear. It works the day I enter it, and
> disappears the next day.
>
> "Cooz" wrote:
>
> > Hi kbradber,
> >
> > Which AutoText entries are available depends on the setting of the Insert |
> > AutoText > AutoText... | tab AutoText | Look in-dropdown list.
> >
> > Set this list to 'All active templates' in order to have all AutoText
> > entries at your disposal.
> >
> > Success,
> > Cooz
> > --
> > PS: If this is a satisfying answer to your question and you're logged in via
> > the Microsoft site, please click Yes to "Did this post answer the question?".
> > Thanks.
> >
> > "kbradber" wrote:
> >
> > > My auto text entry is there one day and disappears the next. My IT person
> > > reinstalled our 2003 office application but that did not seem to work.

Each AutoText entry is stored in a template, which means that it'll be
in normal.dot, unless you specified a different template as you
created it. Note also that each AutoText is placed in a category,
based on which paragraph style was applied to the paragraph where it
was created. See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoText.htm
for more.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"kbradber" wrote in message
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> My auto text entry is there one day and disappears the next. My IT
> person
> reinstalled our 2003 office application but that did not seem to
> work.

Note also that if Acrobat 7 is installed, the Normal.dot template is not
saved. See the last part of
http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adob...at_toolbar.htm

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"Stefan Blom" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Each AutoText entry is stored in a template, which means that it'll be
> in normal.dot, unless you specified a different template as you
> created it. Note also that each AutoText is placed in a category,
> based on which paragraph style was applied to the paragraph where it
> was created. See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoText.htm
> for more.
>
> --
> Stefan Blom
> Microsoft Word MVP
>
>
> "kbradber" wrote in message
> news:26D83408-2BEF-4C16-95B1-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > My auto text entry is there one day and disappears the next. My IT
> > person
> > reinstalled our 2003 office application but that did not seem to
> > work.
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>
>

Some IT people think it clever to change normal.dot for a new clean one
every time you log in, which will wipe all your settings, but the usual
reason for such losses is that indicated by Suzanne - adverse interaction
with an add-in (usually Acrobat). Though do note that orphaned temp files
after a crash can prevent normal.dot from being saved -
http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm

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kbradber wrote:
> My auto text entry is there one day and disappears the next. My IT
> person reinstalled our 2003 office application but that did not seem
> to work.

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
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> Some IT people think it clever to change normal.dot for a new clean
> one
> every time you log in, which will wipe all your settings [...]
>

I've experienced that -- and worse: At one time I was on a
system where the administrator thought it was a good idea to delete
everything in the user profile (including desktop items and custom
Word templates) on each log-in. <sigh> Fortunately, the administrator
was eventually brought to his senses.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

From the FAQ:

28. I can't save my customizations - AutoText, menus, etc.
Can't save normal.dot...
If you have Adobe Acrobat 7 installed see the last section of
http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adob...at_toolbar.htm.
Otherwise, hold down the Shift key when selecting the File
menu and select Save All.
See also http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/331259.html.

Hope this helps,
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See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"kbradber" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> My auto text entry is there one day and disappears the next. My IT person
> reinstalled our 2003 office application but that did not seem to work.

Thanks for everyone's help. After corresponding on an Adobe forum I found
out all I needed was the more recent Adobe 7.0.5, or actually our IT had
7.0.7 that just came out last month.

"kbradber" wrote:

> My auto text entry is there one day and disappears the next. My IT person
> reinstalled our 2003 office application but that did not seem to work.