auto text entry disappears

[Guest]

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.

 

[Guest]

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

 

[Guest]

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.

 

[Guest]

Hi kbradber,

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

Cooz

 

[Stefan Blom]

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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Microsoft Word MVP


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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

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_adobe_acrobat_toolbar.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
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[Graham Mayor]

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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[Stefan Blom]

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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.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

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_adobe_acrobat_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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Charles Kenyon

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Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide


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[Guest]

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.