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Suzanne S. Barnhill
May I ask why you upgraded to Word 2007? I would think for your purposes
Word 2003 (or even Word 97) would be quite adequate.
Word 2003 (or even Word 97) would be quite adequate.
Can't figure how to Automatically fill in frequently typed phrases
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Laverne
My computer crashed and I had to get a new one -- I bought a new computer and
had to downgrade to Windows XP. No problem, but I was not given an option
for Office and Office 2007 was it. I did investigate getting Word 2003, but
couldn't find it and it was not an option with the new purchase.
had to downgrade to Windows XP. No problem, but I was not given an option
for Office and Office 2007 was it. I did investigate getting Word 2003, but
couldn't find it and it was not an option with the new purchase.
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Weyana
I've asked myself the same thing. Thankfully, I still have 2003 on my
desktop, but my laptop came with a trial of 2007 and I got addicted to
OneNote, and found a great deal on Office Home & Student. *L* I am an editor
and designer at heart, so the interface reminds me of PageMaker or something
similar, and it has some pretty darn cool features, like the automatic word
count at the bottom.
But so far, every time I have used it, I've had to reload my shared
Normal.dot. It doesn't automatically load when it opens for some reason.
Hoping I finally made it stick today.
desktop, but my laptop came with a trial of 2007 and I got addicted to
OneNote, and found a great deal on Office Home & Student. *L* I am an editor
and designer at heart, so the interface reminds me of PageMaker or something
similar, and it has some pretty darn cool features, like the automatic word
count at the bottom.
But so far, every time I have used it, I've had to reload my shared
Normal.dot. It doesn't automatically load when it opens for some reason.
Hoping I finally made it stick today.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Fair enough. But if the copy of Office/Word 2003 you had before was a retail
one (and not OEM) and you still have the installation media, you could
install it on the new machine.
one (and not OEM) and you still have the installation media, you could
install it on the new machine.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
I do like some of the new features in Word 2007 (I'm using it for blogging),
but I'm still using Word 2003 for production work (and most personal tasks
as well. If the copy of 2003 on your desktop is retail rather than OEM, you
can legally install it on your laptop as well.
but I'm still using Word 2003 for production work (and most personal tasks
as well. If the copy of 2003 on your desktop is retail rather than OEM, you
can legally install it on your laptop as well.
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Graham Mayor
Weyana said:But so far, every time I have used it, I've had to reload my shared
Normal.dot. It doesn't automatically load when it opens for some
reason.
You cannot share the Normal.dot file
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811468
The normal template for Word 2007 is normal.dotm
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Weyana
On the contrary--I was able to make it work. We have our own shared server
at home, on which I store my work so that I can have access whether I'm on my
desktop or my laptop. My Word 2003 Normal.dot is saved to this network.
What that article is indicating is that multiple users cannot use a shared
Normal template concurrently, because the user who opened it first would have
write-access, and any changes that another user made to the Auto-Correct
entries or anything else would be lost.
I'm the only one using it, I just access it from different computers. But
it's perfectly compatible with 2007--I just had to find the right way share
it.
at home, on which I store my work so that I can have access whether I'm on my
desktop or my laptop. My Word 2003 Normal.dot is saved to this network.
What that article is indicating is that multiple users cannot use a shared
Normal template concurrently, because the user who opened it first would have
write-access, and any changes that another user made to the Auto-Correct
entries or anything else would be lost.
I'm the only one using it, I just access it from different computers. But
it's perfectly compatible with 2007--I just had to find the right way share
it.
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Graham Mayor
OK, I see your point, but it doesn't alter the fact that the default user
template for Word 2007 is not normal.dot but normal.dotm.
You could use normal.dot as an addin or you could use it to help create
normal.dotm, but you cannot use it *instead* of normal.dotm.
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template for Word 2007 is not normal.dot but normal.dotm.
You could use normal.dot as an addin or you could use it to help create
normal.dotm, but you cannot use it *instead* of normal.dotm.
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Weyana
Actually, you can--I am. Normal.dotm may be the default, but defaults can be
changed.
I tried my Normal.dot as an Add-in first, and that is what kept resetting.
Everytime I opened Word, I had to go in and re-enable the Add-in for it to
work.
On the other hand, the last step I took worked:
Office button -> Word Options -> Advanced -> File Locations, and then I
modified the templates location to point toward my network drive as I had
with my documents folder and just forgot where the setting was. It has
worked properly ever since.
changed.
I tried my Normal.dot as an Add-in first, and that is what kept resetting.
Everytime I opened Word, I had to go in and re-enable the Add-in for it to
work.
On the other hand, the last step I took worked:
Office button -> Word Options -> Advanced -> File Locations, and then I
modified the templates location to point toward my network drive as I had
with my documents folder and just forgot where the setting was. It has
worked properly ever since.