Microsoft Word Normal Template

[Guest]

I have a Normal.dot file in Application Data/Microsoft/Office/Templates.
However, every time I close Word, it says "The Normal File is Not Available"!!

Being as this file exists, can be edited, saved, closed etc, why does this
error occur every time I exit the program.

I have tried to create a new copy of the template several times, but this
results in the same response each time.

Can you advise a solution or is there a new patch?

 

[Charles Kenyon]

You should not have a normal.dot in that folder if you have a recent version
of Word. When within Word, use Tools > Options > File Locations to set your
user templates folder. It is normally something like:

c:\Documents & Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates

That is, there is a separate normal.dot for each user logged into a
computer. The folder you are trying to use is a system folder and likely
protected in some way.

For more on the different kinds of templates, tabs on the file new dialog,
and locations of templates folders see
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm.
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Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

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


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[Graham Mayor]

You cannot create normal.dot - only Word can do that, and will do so if you
delete or better still rename the existing one. You may however have an
orphan lock file present which is inhibiting normal behaviour - see
http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm

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