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Set Styles to Factory Default
Hi,
I have a client requirement to use Word's default style=20 for headings, but all of the Normal.dot templates I can=20 find have altered heading styles. Is there any way to set=20 styles back to the factory default?=20 Thanks Anthony Jean-Baptiste=20 Medical Writer, Writing and Publishing=20 GloboMax=AE The Strategic Pharmaceutical Development=20 Division of ICON plc=20 555 Twin Dolphin Drive, Ste 400=20 Redwood City, CA 94065=20 Phone: 650-620-2160=20 Facsimile: 650-620-2274=20 |
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Hi Anthony,
With Word shut down, rename your current Normal.dot (there should be only one per PC). Restart Word, and it will automatically build a new one with the defaults you need. When you've finished that client's work, delete or rename that Normal.dot and put back the one you had before. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Anthony wrote: Hi, I have a client requirement to use Word's default style for headings, but all of the Normal.dot templates I can find have altered heading styles. Is there any way to set styles back to the factory default? Thanks Anthony Jean-Baptiste |
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Jay:
I followed your advice, but Word did not build a new Normal.dot file. Does it matter that I'm on a company network? I've heard some strange things occur with Word templates on networks. Another work around would be to just manually change the heading styles to the factory default. Do you know where I can find these specs? Thanks Anthony -----Original Message----- Hi Anthony, With Word shut down, rename your current Normal.dot (there should be only one per PC). Restart Word, and it will automatically build a new one with the defaults you need. When you've finished that client's work, delete or rename that Normal.dot and put back the one you had before. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Anthony wrote: Hi, I have a client requirement to use Word's default style for headings, but all of the Normal.dot templates I can find have altered heading styles. Is there any way to set styles back to the factory default? Thanks Anthony Jean-Baptiste . |
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Hi Anthony,
Word can't work without a Normal.dot, so there must be one somewhere that it can reach. The network may extend the number of places it may be, but it can't possibly make it unnecessary. If you haven't already, set your Windows Explorer options to show hidden files and *not* hide file extensions. Then look in the folder that's listed as the User Templates folder in the Tools Options File Locations dialog. (See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm.) If you do a full-drive search and find more than one Normal.dot, rename them all and then restart Word. After that you should find one whose file date/time is the time you restarted Word. You really don't want to have to slog through all the built-in styles -- that's a horrendous job. "Anthony" wrote: Jay: I followed your advice, but Word did not build a new Normal.dot file. Does it matter that I'm on a company network? I've heard some strange things occur with Word templates on networks. Another work around would be to just manually change the heading styles to the factory default. Do you know where I can find these specs? Thanks Anthony -----Original Message----- Hi Anthony, With Word shut down, rename your current Normal.dot (there should be only one per PC). Restart Word, and it will automatically build a new one with the defaults you need. When you've finished that client's work, delete or rename that Normal.dot and put back the one you had before. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Anthony wrote: Hi, I have a client requirement to use Word's default style for headings, but all of the Normal.dot templates I can find have altered heading styles. Is there any way to set styles back to the factory default? Thanks Anthony Jean-Baptiste . -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word |
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My understanding is that recent versions of Word do *not* create a new
Normal.dot until some customization has been saved. If you are intentionally operating "plain vanilla," it's quite possible that Word is still operating from the hard-wired defaults and has not created a new Normal.dot. BTW, if you want to use Word in its default configuration, you can do this without renaming Normal.dot; just create a shortcut that will start Word with the /a switch, which suppresses Normal.dot, the Registry, and any add-ins that would otherwise load at Startup. This guarantees that you are using a factory-default version. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Hi Anthony, Word can't work without a Normal.dot, so there must be one somewhere that it can reach. The network may extend the number of places it may be, but it can't possibly make it unnecessary. If you haven't already, set your Windows Explorer options to show hidden files and *not* hide file extensions. Then look in the folder that's listed as the User Templates folder in the Tools Options File Locations dialog. (See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm.) If you do a full-drive search and find more than one Normal.dot, rename them all and then restart Word. After that you should find one whose file date/time is the time you restarted Word. You really don't want to have to slog through all the built-in styles -- that's a horrendous job. "Anthony" wrote: Jay: I followed your advice, but Word did not build a new Normal.dot file. Does it matter that I'm on a company network? I've heard some strange things occur with Word templates on networks. Another work around would be to just manually change the heading styles to the factory default. Do you know where I can find these specs? Thanks Anthony -----Original Message----- Hi Anthony, With Word shut down, rename your current Normal.dot (there should be only one per PC). Restart Word, and it will automatically build a new one with the defaults you need. When you've finished that client's work, delete or rename that Normal.dot and put back the one you had before. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Anthony wrote: Hi, I have a client requirement to use Word's default style for headings, but all of the Normal.dot templates I can find have altered heading styles. Is there any way to set styles back to the factory default? Thanks Anthony Jean-Baptiste . -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word |
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Experiments suggest that (Word 2003 at least) does create a new normal.dot
if that file is not present, but it is only saved on closing if the prompt to save normal.dot is switched off, or, when switched on, you agree to the prompt to save the changes. In this respect it works much like an unsaved document. I suspect this was ever so, though I no longer have access to older versions to test. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: My understanding is that recent versions of Word do *not* create a new Normal.dot until some customization has been saved. If you are intentionally operating "plain vanilla," it's quite possible that Word is still operating from the hard-wired defaults and has not created a new Normal.dot. BTW, if you want to use Word in its default configuration, you can do this without renaming Normal.dot; just create a shortcut that will start Word with the /a switch, which suppresses Normal.dot, the Registry, and any add-ins that would otherwise load at Startup. This guarantees that you are using a factory-default version. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Hi Anthony, Word can't work without a Normal.dot, so there must be one somewhere that it can reach. The network may extend the number of places it may be, but it can't possibly make it unnecessary. If you haven't already, set your Windows Explorer options to show hidden files and *not* hide file extensions. Then look in the folder that's listed as the User Templates folder in the Tools Options File Locations dialog. (See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm.) If you do a full-drive search and find more than one Normal.dot, rename them all and then restart Word. After that you should find one whose file date/time is the time you restarted Word. You really don't want to have to slog through all the built-in styles -- that's a horrendous job. "Anthony" wrote: Jay: I followed your advice, but Word did not build a new Normal.dot file. Does it matter that I'm on a company network? I've heard some strange things occur with Word templates on networks. Another work around would be to just manually change the heading styles to the factory default. Do you know where I can find these specs? Thanks Anthony -----Original Message----- Hi Anthony, With Word shut down, rename your current Normal.dot (there should be only one per PC). Restart Word, and it will automatically build a new one with the defaults you need. When you've finished that client's work, delete or rename that Normal.dot and put back the one you had before. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Anthony wrote: Hi, I have a client requirement to use Word's default style for headings, but all of the Normal.dot templates I can find have altered heading styles. Is there any way to set styles back to the factory default? Thanks Anthony Jean-Baptiste . -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word |
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This makes more sense to me than what I said, but I haven't tested it. It
just didn't seem reasonable to me that Word would operate without a Normal.dot for as long as the user did nothing to change the default configuration. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Experiments suggest that (Word 2003 at least) does create a new normal.dot if that file is not present, but it is only saved on closing if the prompt to save normal.dot is switched off, or, when switched on, you agree to the prompt to save the changes. In this respect it works much like an unsaved document. I suspect this was ever so, though I no longer have access to older versions to test. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: My understanding is that recent versions of Word do *not* create a new Normal.dot until some customization has been saved. If you are intentionally operating "plain vanilla," it's quite possible that Word is still operating from the hard-wired defaults and has not created a new Normal.dot. BTW, if you want to use Word in its default configuration, you can do this without renaming Normal.dot; just create a shortcut that will start Word with the /a switch, which suppresses Normal.dot, the Registry, and any add-ins that would otherwise load at Startup. This guarantees that you are using a factory-default version. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Hi Anthony, Word can't work without a Normal.dot, so there must be one somewhere that it can reach. The network may extend the number of places it may be, but it can't possibly make it unnecessary. If you haven't already, set your Windows Explorer options to show hidden files and *not* hide file extensions. Then look in the folder that's listed as the User Templates folder in the Tools Options File Locations dialog. (See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm.) If you do a full-drive search and find more than one Normal.dot, rename them all and then restart Word. After that you should find one whose file date/time is the time you restarted Word. You really don't want to have to slog through all the built-in styles -- that's a horrendous job. "Anthony" wrote: Jay: I followed your advice, but Word did not build a new Normal.dot file. Does it matter that I'm on a company network? I've heard some strange things occur with Word templates on networks. Another work around would be to just manually change the heading styles to the factory default. Do you know where I can find these specs? Thanks Anthony -----Original Message----- Hi Anthony, With Word shut down, rename your current Normal.dot (there should be only one per PC). Restart Word, and it will automatically build a new one with the defaults you need. When you've finished that client's work, delete or rename that Normal.dot and put back the one you had before. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Anthony wrote: Hi, I have a client requirement to use Word's default style for headings, but all of the Normal.dot templates I can find have altered heading styles. Is there any way to set styles back to the factory default? Thanks Anthony Jean-Baptiste . -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word |
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I've tested this in Word 97, 2000 and 2003 and Word does generate a new
normal.dot upon being started. Word will attempt to save this upon closing and will generate the prompt about saving "changes" to the global template if that option is ticked. -- 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. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... This makes more sense to me than what I said, but I haven't tested it. It just didn't seem reasonable to me that Word would operate without a Normal.dot for as long as the user did nothing to change the default configuration. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Experiments suggest that (Word 2003 at least) does create a new normal.dot if that file is not present, but it is only saved on closing if the prompt to save normal.dot is switched off, or, when switched on, you agree to the prompt to save the changes. In this respect it works much like an unsaved document. I suspect this was ever so, though I no longer have access to older versions to test. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: My understanding is that recent versions of Word do *not* create a new Normal.dot until some customization has been saved. If you are intentionally operating "plain vanilla," it's quite possible that Word is still operating from the hard-wired defaults and has not created a new Normal.dot. BTW, if you want to use Word in its default configuration, you can do this without renaming Normal.dot; just create a shortcut that will start Word with the /a switch, which suppresses Normal.dot, the Registry, and any add-ins that would otherwise load at Startup. This guarantees that you are using a factory-default version. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Hi Anthony, Word can't work without a Normal.dot, so there must be one somewhere that it can reach. The network may extend the number of places it may be, but it can't possibly make it unnecessary. If you haven't already, set your Windows Explorer options to show hidden files and *not* hide file extensions. Then look in the folder that's listed as the User Templates folder in the Tools Options File Locations dialog. (See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm.) If you do a full-drive search and find more than one Normal.dot, rename them all and then restart Word. After that you should find one whose file date/time is the time you restarted Word. You really don't want to have to slog through all the built-in styles -- that's a horrendous job. "Anthony" wrote: Jay: I followed your advice, but Word did not build a new Normal.dot file. Does it matter that I'm on a company network? I've heard some strange things occur with Word templates on networks. Another work around would be to just manually change the heading styles to the factory default. Do you know where I can find these specs? Thanks Anthony -----Original Message----- Hi Anthony, With Word shut down, rename your current Normal.dot (there should be only one per PC). Restart Word, and it will automatically build a new one with the defaults you need. When you've finished that client's work, delete or rename that Normal.dot and put back the one you had before. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Anthony wrote: Hi, I have a client requirement to use Word's default style for headings, but all of the Normal.dot templates I can find have altered heading styles. Is there any way to set styles back to the factory default? Thanks Anthony Jean-Baptiste . -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word |
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