How can I keep WORD settings (kb customizations, etc.) as 'default

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When I make 'settings' changes such as those listed below, they remain only
for the current session. The next time I use the computer, they're no longer
active.

What do I have to do to keep them as defaults? (This is in WORD 2000.)

- kb customizations (e.g., applying a key combination to a task)
- 'autocorrect' settings
- 'autoformat as you type' settings

Thanks. Replies appreciated.
 
When I make 'settings' changes such as those listed below, they remain only
for the current session. The next time I use the computer, they're no longer
active.

What do I have to do to keep them as defaults? (This is in WORD 2000.)

- kb customizations (e.g., applying a key combination to a task)
- 'autocorrect' settings
- 'autoformat as you type' settings

Thanks. Replies appreciated.
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Hi Mike,

The settings you've listed are stored in a couple of different places,
so you may have to go through several steps to fix the problem.

The keyboard customizations are stored in a template, according to the
setting of the "Save changes in" box in the Keyboard dialog at the
time you create them -- probably Normal.dot if you haven't changed it.
Failure to save customizations in the template can be caused by the
template file being read-only, or by corruption of the template. If it
is Normal.dot, try closing Word, renaming the file to something like
OldNormal.dot, and restarting Word. That will make it create a new
Normal.dot, and you can see if that fixes the kb problem.

The other two items you listed are stored in the registry in Word's
Data key. See
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/DataKeySettings.htm for a
list of what's in there, and
http://www.gmayor.com/my_toolbars_are_missing.htm for a procedure to
reset it (but first read the section "How to preserve your Settings
preferences" in the first article).
 
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