AutoFormat

[K]

Everytime I open Word 2003 the AutoFormat settings I set last time have
changed back. Everytime I set up a new docu I uncheck ordinals and fractions
in the AutoFormat tab, Capital first letter of sentences and cells in the
AutoCorrect tab, and Fractions and Ordinals in the AutoFormat as you type
tab. While this is every time I open Word, if I open a second docu while the
first is still open, the settings in the new docu are the same as I reset for
the first, but once I closed Word all settings revert. Indent and spacing
also changes at some time during typing too and I have to go back and re
'zero' everything. Typestyles also change from ariel 14 to Times New Roman
10, except the first line and links. Is it possible to save my preferances so
I don't have to make all these changes everytime I open Word? All ideas,
suggestions, and comments about this issue will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, K.

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

Are you on some sort of corporate network that prevents you from
making permanent changes?

If not, you can make your changes in the normal.dot template and all
new documents will show them. (Open the template within Word, not by
clicking on it -- that would just get you a new document based on the
template.) In case Word doesn't think formatting changes are "real"
changes, type a character in the body of the template and delete it,
and then save it when you close.

 

[K]

Thanks Peter. Appreciate your taking time to consider and respond to my post.
My compuliteracy is really quite low. When you say "Open the template within
Word, not by clicking on it " I have no idea what you are trynig to tell me.
I have the ability to find the templates in Word, the canned templates as
well as the ones I've created and stored, but I have to click on them to open
them. But thanks anyway. K.

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

I don't remember how Word2003 does it, but you need to open the
template by using the menu commands after opening Word, rather than by
double-clicking on the filename as you'd usually do to open an
existing document that you want to go back to and work on some more.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you navigate to it through Word's Open dialog, you can double-click on it
to open it. But there is no way to "open" it from the New dialog (which is
where one most easily finds templates), and in (My) Computer or Windows
Explorer, the default function (which will be performed if you double-click
on it) is New, but you can right-click and choose Open instead. Word 2003
doesn't by default have the Templates folder on the Places Bar, but it is
one of the first folders I add.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

I don't remember how Word2003 does it, but you need to open the
template by using the menu commands after opening Word, rather than by
double-clicking on the filename as you'd usually do to open an
existing document that you want to go back to and work on some more.

 

[K]

Thank You all for trying so hard, but sadly I'm not really understanding what
you are saying. I'm sure it's my low level of compuliteracy, but what I am
talking about is when I go Start to menu that pops up from the lower left,
then into the upper left part of that menu, you know the part that never
changes like the part below it does, then click on winword.exe and Word 2003
comes up on the screen. Then before I begin a docu or do anything else, I
select Format - AutoFormat - Options and start unchecking all the things I
wish changed. But what is so frustrating is that I have to do this everytime
I open Word. It would be so nice if there was a place I could save these
settings so I didn't have to do this everytime I opened Word. You may have
already answered this and I just didn't recognize the answer. That would not
be unsual for me. I find that I do not understand many things to the depth
others do. I appreciate you efforts. K.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The settings you mention are stored in the Registry and *should* be saved
between sessions. If they're not, then either you're on a corporate network
that blows away your customizations every time you start Word or you have a
damaged Word Data key, in which case see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm for instructions on
rebuilding it.

We have been giving you directions for editing the Normal template, which
applies to some settings, but not the AutoFormat ones.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[K]

Oh. Thak You. K

The settings you mention are stored in the Registry and *should* be saved
between sessions. If they're not, then either you're on a corporate network
that blows away your customizations every time you start Word or you have a
damaged Word Data key, in which case see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm for instructions on
rebuilding it.

We have been giving you directions for editing the Normal template, which
applies to some settings, but not the AutoFormat ones.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org



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