Vista & Word2003 & Normal template

[Cordelia]

I'm running Word 2003 on Vista Business. I tryed to save word customisation
such a font, styles, toolbars and etc, but it was imposiblle. No change was
saved. I founded the new path for normal.dot - but there was normal.dotm
instead of normal.dot --> but I have Word 2003 not Word 2007. I cannot open
or edit normal.dotm and cannot create or save normal.dot. When I tryed to
save a word document with styles like a template I got message something
like: Word cannot save a documents with the same name like open documents. If
I search for normal.dot there a no results. I can just find normal.dotm.

What s happened? What to do, please help.

 

[Terry Farrell]

Well what you say you have is impossible. So I would guess that as you have
Vista Business, you have a new computer and it must have come with a trial
version of Office 2007 pre-installed.

 

[Cordelia]

Thanks Terry,
yes, that is true. But, that is trial version, and I have licence for Office
2003, so I have installed my old version. And what now?


In the mean time I renamed normal.dotm to normal.old and replace to other
folder. When I started the Word, nothing happened. Still somewhere exist some
kind of normal template, but where, I do not know. I searched for any file
with name normal and I founded onyl normal.old, nothing elese. Word didnot
create some new normal.dot or dotm.

Please, any help would be nice.

Regards,
Cordelia

 

[Terry Farrell]

In 2003, normal.dot is not created until you make a change in Word that
requires normal.dot. So open Word2003, go to Tools, Options, Save tab and
make sure that the prompt to save changes to normal (global) template is
checked. Then use Format, Font, change a font value and press DEFAULT. Now
close Word and you should be prompted to save normal (global) template.
Outlook must be closed when you do this.

Terry

 

[Terry Farrell]

One more thing, make sure that you have checked the option to view hidden
and system files, or you won't find normal.dot.

Terry

 

[Cordelia]

Hi,

I have done it all (again) but no help. Allway is the same, there are no
changes. I cannot find normal.dot. I can see all hidden and systems files. It
shoud be on: C:\\User\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates but it is not.
Neither is somewhere else. Or I cannot find it.

 

[Terry Farrell]

Does Word 2007 open and work?

Terry

Hi,

I have done it all (again) but no help. Allway is the same, there are no
changes. I cannot find normal.dot. I can see all hidden and systems files.
It
shoud be on: C:\\User\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates but it is not.
Neither is somewhere else. Or I cannot find it.

 

[Cordelia]

No, I do not have Word 2007 anymore. But, I reinstalled Office 2003 and
installed it again. And now everything works. I have normal.dot and I can
make changes. Thanks a lot.
Probablly, there were some mistakes during uninstalation of Office 2007.
But, now is ok.

Regards and thx.

Cordelia