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I hope someone can shed some light on a issue I am having.
I am about to roll out 30 new XP Pro SP2, Full MS Update and Office 2003 SP2
Workstations. We have already rolled out 2 workstations and are getting
extra prompts we do not get on other Xp Pro, Office 2003 PC's.
We have a DOT file in the startup, that opens and gives us extra buttons on
the tool bars above. We cna choose several different types of letters, then
it brings up a Form box we fill out and it propagates the form fields into a
new word document, which it calls from a DOT file (depending on the type of
letter chosen, could be a letter, or a fax or something else) which is on the
network everyone has full permission to the docs and the share (yes not ideal
but it is the way it is). Just after the new doc appears as Doc1, a popup
box comes up asking us if we want to save the letter.dot file. This is the
template it uses to create the letter, or the fax.dot, for faxes. You click
no and it goes away.
When you close out of word altogether it asks you to save the macros2.dot
file, which is the master template in the startup folder. You click no and
everything is fine.
I do not want to see these popups at all, we do not see them in Office 2000,
Office XP, and only on the new Installs of Office 2003. The initial couple
of Office 2003's we already have onsite do not have the same problem. I have
done a clean install of XP Pro SP2 and Office 2003 (No SP's) and do not get
the questions to save the DOT files.
Interestingly enough when I have Outlook open the questions to save are a
lot less frequent, and will only ask me when closing OUtlook to save
Macros2.dot. I assume this is to do with using word as email editor, even
though a new mail message is not open or has not been opened.
I am not too sure whether anyone can help, but perhaps someone can shed some
light on open DOT files and why they are thinking they need to be saved.
Clarke
I am about to roll out 30 new XP Pro SP2, Full MS Update and Office 2003 SP2
Workstations. We have already rolled out 2 workstations and are getting
extra prompts we do not get on other Xp Pro, Office 2003 PC's.
We have a DOT file in the startup, that opens and gives us extra buttons on
the tool bars above. We cna choose several different types of letters, then
it brings up a Form box we fill out and it propagates the form fields into a
new word document, which it calls from a DOT file (depending on the type of
letter chosen, could be a letter, or a fax or something else) which is on the
network everyone has full permission to the docs and the share (yes not ideal
but it is the way it is). Just after the new doc appears as Doc1, a popup
box comes up asking us if we want to save the letter.dot file. This is the
template it uses to create the letter, or the fax.dot, for faxes. You click
no and it goes away.
When you close out of word altogether it asks you to save the macros2.dot
file, which is the master template in the startup folder. You click no and
everything is fine.
I do not want to see these popups at all, we do not see them in Office 2000,
Office XP, and only on the new Installs of Office 2003. The initial couple
of Office 2003's we already have onsite do not have the same problem. I have
done a clean install of XP Pro SP2 and Office 2003 (No SP's) and do not get
the questions to save the DOT files.
Interestingly enough when I have Outlook open the questions to save are a
lot less frequent, and will only ask me when closing OUtlook to save
Macros2.dot. I assume this is to do with using word as email editor, even
though a new mail message is not open or has not been opened.
I am not too sure whether anyone can help, but perhaps someone can shed some
light on open DOT files and why they are thinking they need to be saved.
Clarke