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  #1  
Old May 22nd, 2004, 07:24 PM
HONYAKUKA
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Default Right-click-created .doc file has wrong Normal template

WinXP
Word 2000

When I create a .doc file using Right Click New New Microsoft Word document
from a folder on the desktop, the newly created file opens with the wrong
Normal style formatting. Many of the formats (default typesize and some
paragraph formatting) appear to be from an earlier version of my Normal style.

Using debug.print in VBA, I verified that the attached template was Normal.dot
and that its path was that of the correct folder. The attached template and
path of a new document created within Word itself (with my current Normal style
formatting) were exactly the same.

Can the Right Click feature be updated to create a document that contains my
Normal style current formatting? (And where is this feature getting my old
Normal style information from?)

Thanks.

Jay

  #2  
Old May 22nd, 2004, 10:57 PM
Steve Yandl
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Default Right-click-created .doc file has wrong Normal template

At the Start | Run line, type "regedit" without the quotes and press Enter.
Navigate to the registry key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.doc\Word.Document.8\ShellNew
(note, I' running Word 2003 so "Word.Document.8" might be a different number
value on your system). See what the data for the value "FileName" is given
as. On my system, I find "winword8.doc which is located in C:\Documents and
Settings\{your ID}\Templates where I believe it acts as the template when I
opt to create a new document in the manner you describe. Either you have a
pointer to the wrong template or the template in your templates folder has a
problem.

Steve


"HONYAKUKA" wrote in message
...
WinXP
Word 2000

When I create a .doc file using Right Click New New Microsoft Word

document
from a folder on the desktop, the newly created file opens with the wrong
Normal style formatting. Many of the formats (default typesize and some
paragraph formatting) appear to be from an earlier version of my Normal

style.

Using debug.print in VBA, I verified that the attached template was

Normal.dot
and that its path was that of the correct folder. The attached template

and
path of a new document created within Word itself (with my current Normal

style
formatting) were exactly the same.

Can the Right Click feature be updated to create a document that contains

my
Normal style current formatting? (And where is this feature getting my

old
Normal style information from?)

Thanks.

Jay



  #3  
Old May 24th, 2004, 04:27 PM
HONYAKUKA
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Default Right-click-created .doc file has wrong Normal template

Steve:

Thanks.

I verified the registry entry (it's as you stated) and located my winword8.doc.

When I opened winword8.doc directly from the desktop, it generated a .doc file
in the "old" Normal style. I therefore went into Organizer and overwrote all
the styles from Normal.dot into winword8.doc and saved it. Now
right-click-generated .doc files are created with the proper Normal style.

My question now is: Do you have any idea why winword8.doc does not keep up with
(or at least in this case, did not keep up with) changes to my Normal.dot?

Thanks again.

Jay


Subject: Right-click-created .doc file has wrong Normal template
From: "Steve Yandl"
Date: 5/22/2004 5:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id:

At the Start | Run line, type "regedit" without the quotes and press Enter.
Navigate to the registry key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.doc\Word.Document.8\ShellNew
(note, I' running Word 2003 so "Word.Document.8" might be a different number
value on your system). See what the data for the value "FileName" is given
as. On my system, I find "winword8.doc which is located in C:\Documents and
Settings\{your ID}\Templates where I believe it acts as the template when I
opt to create a new document in the manner you describe. Either you have a
pointer to the wrong template or the template in your templates folder has a
problem.

Steve


"HONYAKUKA" wrote in message
...
WinXP
Word 2000

When I create a .doc file using Right Click New New Microsoft Word

document
from a folder on the desktop, the newly created file opens with the wrong
Normal style formatting. Many of the formats (default typesize and some
paragraph formatting) appear to be from an earlier version of my Normal

style.

Using debug.print in VBA, I verified that the attached template was

Normal.dot
and that its path was that of the correct folder. The attached template

and
path of a new document created within Word itself (with my current Normal

style
formatting) were exactly the same.

Can the Right Click feature be updated to create a document that contains

my
Normal style current formatting? (And where is this feature getting my

old
Normal style information from?)

Thanks.

Jay












  #4  
Old May 24th, 2004, 06:23 PM
Charles Kenyon
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Default Right-click-created .doc file has wrong Normal template

My question now is: Do you have any idea why winword8.doc does not keep up
with
(or at least in this case, did not keep up with) changes to my Normal.dot?


Because that is the nature of the relationship for styles between documents
and templates.

You should save your windword8.doc as a template (using SaveAs from within
Word) and put a link to that template on your desktop. You can then
double-click on in (or right-click-New) for a new document. If you make
changes in the styles of such a document and instruct it to save the changes
to the template it will (to the winword.dot template, not normal.dot).

For more on the different kinds of templates and locations of templates
folders see http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm.

--

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!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

"HONYAKUKA" wrote in message
...
Steve:

Thanks.

I verified the registry entry (it's as you stated) and located my

winword8.doc.

When I opened winword8.doc directly from the desktop, it generated a .doc

file
in the "old" Normal style. I therefore went into Organizer and overwrote

all
the styles from Normal.dot into winword8.doc and saved it. Now
right-click-generated .doc files are created with the proper Normal style.

My question now is: Do you have any idea why winword8.doc does not keep up

with
(or at least in this case, did not keep up with) changes to my Normal.dot?

Thanks again.

Jay


Subject: Right-click-created .doc file has wrong Normal template
From: "Steve Yandl"
Date: 5/22/2004 5:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id:

At the Start | Run line, type "regedit" without the quotes and press

Enter.
Navigate to the registry key

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.doc\Word.Document.8\ShellNew
(note, I' running Word 2003 so "Word.Document.8" might be a different

number
value on your system). See what the data for the value "FileName" is

given
as. On my system, I find "winword8.doc which is located in C:\Documents

and
Settings\{your ID}\Templates where I believe it acts as the template when

I
opt to create a new document in the manner you describe. Either you have

a
pointer to the wrong template or the template in your templates folder

has a
problem.

Steve


"HONYAKUKA" wrote in message
...
WinXP
Word 2000

When I create a .doc file using Right Click New New Microsoft Word

document
from a folder on the desktop, the newly created file opens with the

wrong
Normal style formatting. Many of the formats (default typesize and

some
paragraph formatting) appear to be from an earlier version of my Normal

style.

Using debug.print in VBA, I verified that the attached template was

Normal.dot
and that its path was that of the correct folder. The attached

template
and
path of a new document created within Word itself (with my current

Normal
style
formatting) were exactly the same.

Can the Right Click feature be updated to create a document that

contains
my
Normal style current formatting? (And where is this feature getting my

old
Normal style information from?)

Thanks.

Jay














  #5  
Old May 24th, 2004, 10:18 PM
HONYAKUKA
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Default Right-click-created .doc file has wrong Normal template

Thanks.

How about this solution, to ensure consistency (and eliminate the need for
updating two templates)?

I copied the Start Menu's Word shortcut (which points to the program itself:
"Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1 Standard") and pasted it into my C:\Documents and
Settings\{your ID}\Templates folder, and renamed it winword8.doc. (I named the
original winword8.doc something else for the time being.) I would guess that
this will force a right-click-generated .doc file to always have the current
Normal style, as found in Normal.dot, not in a particular file, right?

Jay


Subject: Right-click-created .doc file has wrong Normal template
From: "Charles Kenyon"
Date: 5/24/2004 1:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id:

My question now is: Do you have any idea why winword8.doc does not keep up

with
(or at least in this case, did not keep up with) changes to my Normal.dot?


Because that is the nature of the relationship for styles between documents
and templates.

You should save your windword8.doc as a template (using SaveAs from within
Word) and put a link to that template on your desktop. You can then
double-click on in (or right-click-New) for a new document. If you make
changes in the styles of such a document and instruct it to save the changes
to the template it will (to the winword.dot template, not normal.dot).

For more on the different kinds of templates and locations of templates
folders see
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm.

--

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!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

"HONYAKUKA" wrote in message
...
Steve:

Thanks.

I verified the registry entry (it's as you stated) and located my

winword8.doc.

When I opened winword8.doc directly from the desktop, it generated a .doc

file
in the "old" Normal style. I therefore went into Organizer and overwrote

all
the styles from Normal.dot into winword8.doc and saved it. Now
right-click-generated .doc files are created with the proper Normal style.

My question now is: Do you have any idea why winword8.doc does not keep up

with
(or at least in this case, did not keep up with) changes to my Normal.dot?

Thanks again.

Jay


Subject: Right-click-created .doc file has wrong Normal template
From: "Steve Yandl"
Date: 5/22/2004 5:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id:

At the Start | Run line, type "regedit" without the quotes and press

Enter.
Navigate to the registry key

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.doc\Word.Document.8\ShellNew
(note, I' running Word 2003 so "Word.Document.8" might be a different

number
value on your system). See what the data for the value "FileName" is

given
as. On my system, I find "winword8.doc which is located in C:\Documents

and
Settings\{your ID}\Templates where I believe it acts as the template when

I
opt to create a new document in the manner you describe. Either you have

a
pointer to the wrong template or the template in your templates folder

has a
problem.

Steve


"HONYAKUKA" wrote in message
...
WinXP
Word 2000

When I create a .doc file using Right Click New New Microsoft Word
document
from a folder on the desktop, the newly created file opens with the

wrong
Normal style formatting. Many of the formats (default typesize and

some
paragraph formatting) appear to be from an earlier version of my Normal
style.

Using debug.print in VBA, I verified that the attached template was
Normal.dot
and that its path was that of the correct folder. The attached

template
and
path of a new document created within Word itself (with my current

Normal
style
formatting) were exactly the same.

Can the Right Click feature be updated to create a document that

contains
my
Normal style current formatting? (And where is this feature getting my
old
Normal style information from?)

Thanks.

Jay























  #6  
Old May 24th, 2004, 11:36 PM
Charles Kenyon
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Posts: n/a
Default Right-click-created .doc file has wrong Normal template

I am uncertain what this will do but am fairly certain it will not do what
you want. Shortcuts are not documents or templates, they are shortcuts, that
is, representations of and links to something else. I apparently came into
the middle of your discussion. I never do right-click on my desktop to
create a new Word document. I start my documents from within Word or using
existing templates.

Rule 1: Base your documents on templates, not other documents.

Rule 2: Keep your styles in the templates you are using. If you use multiple
templates, you will have to update multiple templates to keep the styles
consistent between them. I use multiple templates but generally one template
for one purpose. One letterhead template, one reports template, one memo
template, on fax template etc. The styles in these different templates are
different. I use documents based on Normal.dot for scratch paper and to make
labels (or to make some kind of document I don't have a template to use as a
pattern).

Rule 3: Only one normal.dot template per user. If you are the only user on
your computer and you do not run different versions of Word on that
computer, there should be only one normal.dot template.

For more on the different kinds of templates and locations of templates
folders see http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm. You can make a
shortcut from the normal.dot template to your desktop and use that to create
new documents based on normal.dot if you want. The same is true of other
templates. This takes a double-click.

It is possible to have multiple templates that keep the same styles but from
your questions I don't think you have the degree of Word expertise (yet) to
attempt this. It isn't straightforward and bends Word's rules.
--

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!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

"HONYAKUKA" wrote in message
...
Thanks.

How about this solution, to ensure consistency (and eliminate the need for
updating two templates)?

I copied the Start Menu's Word shortcut (which points to the program

itself:
"Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1 Standard") and pasted it into my C:\Documents

and
Settings\{your ID}\Templates folder, and renamed it winword8.doc. (I

named the
original winword8.doc something else for the time being.) I would guess

that
this will force a right-click-generated .doc file to always have the

current
Normal style, as found in Normal.dot, not in a particular file, right?

Jay


Subject: Right-click-created .doc file has wrong Normal template
From: "Charles Kenyon"
Date: 5/24/2004 1:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id:

My question now is: Do you have any idea why winword8.doc does not keep

up
with
(or at least in this case, did not keep up with) changes to my

Normal.dot?

Because that is the nature of the relationship for styles between

documents
and templates.

You should save your windword8.doc as a template (using SaveAs from

within
Word) and put a link to that template on your desktop. You can then
double-click on in (or right-click-New) for a new document. If you make
changes in the styles of such a document and instruct it to save the

changes
to the template it will (to the winword.dot template, not normal.dot).

For more on the different kinds of templates and locations of templates
folders see
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm.

--

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!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

"HONYAKUKA" wrote in message
...
Steve:

Thanks.

I verified the registry entry (it's as you stated) and located my

winword8.doc.

When I opened winword8.doc directly from the desktop, it generated a

..doc
file
in the "old" Normal style. I therefore went into Organizer and

overwrote
all
the styles from Normal.dot into winword8.doc and saved it. Now
right-click-generated .doc files are created with the proper Normal

style.

My question now is: Do you have any idea why winword8.doc does not keep

up
with
(or at least in this case, did not keep up with) changes to my

Normal.dot?

Thanks again.

Jay


Subject: Right-click-created .doc file has wrong Normal template
From: "Steve Yandl"
Date: 5/22/2004 5:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id:

At the Start | Run line, type "regedit" without the quotes and press

Enter.
Navigate to the registry key

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.doc\Word.Document.8\ShellNew
(note, I' running Word 2003 so "Word.Document.8" might be a different

number
value on your system). See what the data for the value "FileName" is

given
as. On my system, I find "winword8.doc which is located in

C:\Documents
and
Settings\{your ID}\Templates where I believe it acts as the template

when
I
opt to create a new document in the manner you describe. Either you

have
a
pointer to the wrong template or the template in your templates folder

has a
problem.

Steve


"HONYAKUKA" wrote in message
...
WinXP
Word 2000

When I create a .doc file using Right Click New New Microsoft

Word
document
from a folder on the desktop, the newly created file opens with the

wrong
Normal style formatting. Many of the formats (default typesize and

some
paragraph formatting) appear to be from an earlier version of my

Normal
style.

Using debug.print in VBA, I verified that the attached template was
Normal.dot
and that its path was that of the correct folder. The attached

template
and
path of a new document created within Word itself (with my current

Normal
style
formatting) were exactly the same.

Can the Right Click feature be updated to create a document that

contains
my
Normal style current formatting? (And where is this feature getting

my
old
Normal style information from?)

Thanks.

Jay

























  #7  
Old May 25th, 2004, 12:54 PM
HONYAKUKA
external usenet poster
 
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Default Right-click-created .doc file has wrong Normal template

Charles:

So far, my solution seems to work fine. For example, I opened a fresh document
(not using right-click), changed the Normal style to blue font, and "Added to
template" (Normal.dot) this new Normal style. Now, when I generate a document
with right-click, it has this new Normal style, so the contrived winword8.doc
(actually a link) must be working.

Jay

Subject: Right-click-created .doc file has wrong Normal template
From: "Charles Kenyon"
Date: 5/24/2004 6:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id:

I am uncertain what this will do but am fairly certain it will not do what
you want. Shortcuts are not documents or templates, they are shortcuts, that
is, representations of and links to something else. I apparently came into
the middle of your discussion. I never do right-click on my desktop to
create a new Word document. I start my documents from within Word or using
existing templates.

Rule 1: Base your documents on templates, not other documents.

Rule 2: Keep your styles in the templates you are using. If you use multiple
templates, you will have to update multiple templates to keep the styles
consistent between them. I use multiple templates but generally one template
for one purpose. One letterhead template, one reports template, one memo
template, on fax template etc. The styles in these different templates are
different. I use documents based on Normal.dot for scratch paper and to make
labels (or to make some kind of document I don't have a template to use as a
pattern).

Rule 3: Only one normal.dot template per user. If you are the only user on
your computer and you do not run different versions of Word on that
computer, there should be only one normal.dot template.

For more on the different kinds of templates and locations of templates
folders see
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm. You can make a
shortcut from the normal.dot template to your desktop and use that to create
new documents based on normal.dot if you want. The same is true of other
templates. This takes a double-click.

It is possible to have multiple templates that keep the same styles but from
your questions I don't think you have the degree of Word expertise (yet) to
attempt this. It isn't straightforward and bends Word's rules.
--

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!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

"HONYAKUKA" wrote in message
...
Thanks.

How about this solution, to ensure consistency (and eliminate the need for
updating two templates)?

I copied the Start Menu's Word shortcut (which points to the program

itself:
"Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1 Standard") and pasted it into my C:\Documents

and
Settings\{your ID}\Templates folder, and renamed it winword8.doc. (I

named the
original winword8.doc something else for the time being.) I would guess

that
this will force a right-click-generated .doc file to always have the

current
Normal style, as found in Normal.dot, not in a particular file, right?

Jay


Subject: Right-click-created .doc file has wrong Normal template
From: "Charles Kenyon"
Date: 5/24/2004 1:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id:

My question now is: Do you have any idea why winword8.doc does not keep

up
with
(or at least in this case, did not keep up with) changes to my

Normal.dot?

Because that is the nature of the relationship for styles between

documents
and templates.

You should save your windword8.doc as a template (using SaveAs from

within
Word) and put a link to that template on your desktop. You can then
double-click on in (or right-click-New) for a new document. If you make
changes in the styles of such a document and instruct it to save the

changes
to the template it will (to the winword.dot template, not normal.dot).

For more on the different kinds of templates and locations of templates
folders see
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm.

--

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!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

"HONYAKUKA" wrote in message
...
Steve:

Thanks.

I verified the registry entry (it's as you stated) and located my
winword8.doc.

When I opened winword8.doc directly from the desktop, it generated a

.doc
file
in the "old" Normal style. I therefore went into Organizer and

overwrote
all
the styles from Normal.dot into winword8.doc and saved it. Now
right-click-generated .doc files are created with the proper Normal

style.

My question now is: Do you have any idea why winword8.doc does not keep

up
with
(or at least in this case, did not keep up with) changes to my

Normal.dot?

Thanks again.

Jay


Subject: Right-click-created .doc file has wrong Normal template
From: "Steve Yandl"
Date: 5/22/2004 5:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id:

At the Start | Run line, type "regedit" without the quotes and press
Enter.
Navigate to the registry key
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.doc\Word.Document.8\ShellNew
(note, I' running Word 2003 so "Word.Document.8" might be a different
number
value on your system). See what the data for the value "FileName" is
given
as. On my system, I find "winword8.doc which is located in

C:\Documents
and
Settings\{your ID}\Templates where I believe it acts as the template

when
I
opt to create a new document in the manner you describe. Either you

have
a
pointer to the wrong template or the template in your templates folder
has a
problem.

Steve


"HONYAKUKA" wrote in message
...
WinXP
Word 2000

When I create a .doc file using Right Click New New Microsoft

Word
document
from a folder on the desktop, the newly created file opens with the
wrong
Normal style formatting. Many of the formats (default typesize and
some
paragraph formatting) appear to be from an earlier version of my

Normal
style.

Using debug.print in VBA, I verified that the attached template was
Normal.dot
and that its path was that of the correct folder. The attached
template
and
path of a new document created within Word itself (with my current
Normal
style
formatting) were exactly the same.

Can the Right Click feature be updated to create a document that
contains
my
Normal style current formatting? (And where is this feature getting

my
old
Normal style information from?)

Thanks.

Jay



  #8  
Old May 25th, 2004, 05:38 PM
Charles Kenyon
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default Right-click-created .doc file has wrong Normal template

Good luck.
"HONYAKUKA" wrote in message
...
Charles:

So far, my solution seems to work fine. For example, I opened a fresh

document
(not using right-click), changed the Normal style to blue font, and "Added

to
template" (Normal.dot) this new Normal style. Now, when I generate a

document
with right-click, it has this new Normal style, so the contrived

winword8.doc
(actually a link) must be working.

Jay

Subject: Right-click-created .doc file has wrong Normal template
From: "Charles Kenyon"
Date: 5/24/2004 6:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id:

I am uncertain what this will do but am fairly certain it will not do

what
you want. Shortcuts are not documents or templates, they are shortcuts,

that
is, representations of and links to something else. I apparently came

into
the middle of your discussion. I never do right-click on my desktop to
create a new Word document. I start my documents from within Word or

using
existing templates.

Rule 1: Base your documents on templates, not other documents.

Rule 2: Keep your styles in the templates you are using. If you use

multiple
templates, you will have to update multiple templates to keep the styles
consistent between them. I use multiple templates but generally one

template
for one purpose. One letterhead template, one reports template, one memo
template, on fax template etc. The styles in these different templates

are
different. I use documents based on Normal.dot for scratch paper and to

make
labels (or to make some kind of document I don't have a template to use

as a
pattern).

Rule 3: Only one normal.dot template per user. If you are the only user

on
your computer and you do not run different versions of Word on that
computer, there should be only one normal.dot template.

For more on the different kinds of templates and locations of templates
folders see
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm. You can make
a
shortcut from the normal.dot template to your desktop and use that to

create
new documents based on normal.dot if you want. The same is true of other
templates. This takes a double-click.

It is possible to have multiple templates that keep the same styles but

from
your questions I don't think you have the degree of Word expertise (yet)

to
attempt this. It isn't straightforward and bends Word's rules.
--

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"HONYAKUKA" wrote in message
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Thanks.

How about this solution, to ensure consistency (and eliminate the need

for
updating two templates)?

I copied the Start Menu's Word shortcut (which points to the program

itself:
"Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1 Standard") and pasted it into my

C:\Documents
and
Settings\{your ID}\Templates folder, and renamed it winword8.doc. (I

named the
original winword8.doc something else for the time being.) I would

guess
that
this will force a right-click-generated .doc file to always have the

current
Normal style, as found in Normal.dot, not in a particular file, right?

Jay


Subject: Right-click-created .doc file has wrong Normal template
From: "Charles Kenyon"
Date: 5/24/2004 1:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id:

My question now is: Do you have any idea why winword8.doc does not

keep
up
with
(or at least in this case, did not keep up with) changes to my

Normal.dot?

Because that is the nature of the relationship for styles between

documents
and templates.

You should save your windword8.doc as a template (using SaveAs from

within
Word) and put a link to that template on your desktop. You can then
double-click on in (or right-click-New) for a new document. If you

make
changes in the styles of such a document and instruct it to save the

changes
to the template it will (to the winword.dot template, not normal.dot).

For more on the different kinds of templates and locations of

templates
folders see
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm.

--

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

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"HONYAKUKA" wrote in message
...
Steve:

Thanks.

I verified the registry entry (it's as you stated) and located my
winword8.doc.

When I opened winword8.doc directly from the desktop, it generated a

.doc
file
in the "old" Normal style. I therefore went into Organizer and

overwrote
all
the styles from Normal.dot into winword8.doc and saved it. Now
right-click-generated .doc files are created with the proper Normal

style.

My question now is: Do you have any idea why winword8.doc does not

keep
up
with
(or at least in this case, did not keep up with) changes to my

Normal.dot?

Thanks again.

Jay


Subject: Right-click-created .doc file has wrong Normal

template
From: "Steve Yandl"
Date: 5/22/2004 5:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id:

At the Start | Run line, type "regedit" without the quotes and

press
Enter.
Navigate to the registry key
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.doc\Word.Document.8\ShellNew
(note, I' running Word 2003 so "Word.Document.8" might be a

different
number
value on your system). See what the data for the value "FileName"

is
given
as. On my system, I find "winword8.doc which is located in

C:\Documents
and
Settings\{your ID}\Templates where I believe it acts as the

template
when
I
opt to create a new document in the manner you describe. Either

you
have
a
pointer to the wrong template or the template in your templates

folder
has a
problem.

Steve


"HONYAKUKA" wrote in message
...
WinXP
Word 2000

When I create a .doc file using Right Click New New Microsoft

Word
document
from a folder on the desktop, the newly created file opens with

the
wrong
Normal style formatting. Many of the formats (default typesize

and
some
paragraph formatting) appear to be from an earlier version of my

Normal
style.

Using debug.print in VBA, I verified that the attached template

was
Normal.dot
and that its path was that of the correct folder. The attached
template
and
path of a new document created within Word itself (with my

current
Normal
style
formatting) were exactly the same.

Can the Right Click feature be updated to create a document that
contains
my
Normal style current formatting? (And where is this feature

getting
my
old
Normal style information from?)

Thanks.

Jay





 




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