word office 11: no normal.dot ???

[Benjamin Adnam]

hi there,
i am using office 11 or also called office system 2003 with sp1 installed

it seems i don't have a normal.dot file on my computer. at least i can't
find the file using file search in windows explorer ...

when i try so save a word document giving it the name normal and selecting
to save it as a template it says "word cannot give a document the same name
as an open document. type a different name for the document you want to
save. (C:\Documents and Settings\...\normal.dot)"

but at the given location i can not see a file called normal.dot. my
explorer is set to show all files including system and hidden files so it
it's there i should see it.

so i am a little confused ...

- where is my normal.dot ?
- if it's on my computer why can't i see it ?
- what can i do to see it and edit it ?

thnx

 

[Charles Kenyon]

You just lost all your autotext. See http://addbalance.com/defaultfont.htm,
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/apperrors/blankdocnotblankcontent.htm,
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/customizenormaltemplatecontent.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!
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