Normal.dot is password protected

[Guest]

On our work network the "Normal.dot" is password protected. This does not
cause a problen until I need to print a large number of Word documents. This
I do by highlighting them all in Windows Explorer and right-clicking Print.
This then automatically opens all the documents, sends them to the printer
and closes them again. BUT it requires that I enter the password for every
document ! Is there a way round this time consuming exercise ??

 

[Margaret Aldis]

Don't share Normal.dot; don't place it anywhere on the network other than
your local machine; don't make it read-only or password protected. You'll
avoid not only this annoyance but also a lot of other potential problems.

Normal.dot is designed to be an individual user's scratch pad and working
environment. Common resources and constraints need to be handled in other
ways, such as global add-ins, company document templates, Office policy
settings and so on.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Do not share normal.dot. You can share resources that could be in normal.dot
in other ways. See http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm for
step-by-step instructions on moving / sharing / copying / backing-up
customizations including AutoText, AutoCorrect, keyboard assignments,
toolbars, macros, etc.
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Charles Kenyon

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

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you need ammunition to add to what Margaret and Charles have told you,
see “You cannot share the Normal.dot file among multiple users in Word†at
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811468

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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