My autotext problem in Word

[Guest]

Adding or altering an entry in my Autotext remains valid as long as I am in
an active Word session. If I shut Word down and then re-enter, the changes I
made are no longer there. Is there a setting that I have missed somewhere
that would correct this situation?

 

[Greg]

Robert,

The setting would be saved in the template. I could be that your
template is not be saved when you exit Word.

Try holding down the shift key the File>Save all. Close Word and see
if the Autotext stuck.

Post back if you are still having problems.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Do you have Acrobat 7 installed?

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Words into Type
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[Guest]

Yes, I installed Acrobat 7 about a week ago.

Do you have Acrobat 7 installed?

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Words into Type
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The problem then is that Acrobat is preventing Normal.dot from being saved.
The advice Greg gave you is the only workaround for now.

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[Greg]

Suzanne,

I don't have Acrobat 7 installed and so I can't test this. I wonder if
something like the following would be a a viable workaround?

Sub AutoClose()
'Place this macro in the Normal template
Dim myTemplate As Template
Dim myString As String
Dim oChgAlert As Balloon
Set myTemplate = ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate
myString = myTemplate.Name
If myTemplate.Saved = False Then
Set oChgAlert = Assistant.NewBalloon
With oChgAlert
.Heading = "Microsoft Word Alert!!"
.Text = "Changes have been made that effect the" _
& " Global template, " & myString & ". Do you want" _
& " to save these changes?"
.Button = msoButtonSetYesNo
.Animation = msoAnimationGetAttentionMinor
If .Show = msoBalloonButtonYes Then
myTemplate.Save
End If
End With
End If
End Sub

 

[Guest]

Greg,
Your technique of shift/File>Save All worked although I needed to save
the document separately first. I'd like to consider the method below but am
not sure where you enter this programming. VisualBasic? I'd be interested.
Bob

 

[Guest]

I have heard that Acrobat 7.0 poses some issues so that's why when you asked
I immediately followed your thread before Greg's. His did solve the issue.

We have just installed 7.0 in one of our labs at the technical college where
I work, so I intend to take a look tomorrow to see if the problem is there as
well. I am using Office 2003 but our labs are still with Office XP.

Thanks to you both. I am impressed with this board and hope to contribute
by helping someone else.

Bob

 

[Greg]

Bob,

Use of AutoClose macros are discussed here:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/DocumentEvents.htm

On relection this might be better placed in an AutoExit see:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/ApplicationEvents.htm

Installing macros is discussed here:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/CreateAMacro.htm

I have no idea if what I proposed will work. I think it should
especially since it is simply looking to see if the template has been
changed and if so to save it. You have proven that if commanged to
save it will save. Let me know?