I've posted elsewhere about constant nags to save Normal.dotm, but had no response... so I'll ask here as well. I take the point from above that it may be unwise to allow an auto-save, but why is this happening? If I view (and not necessarily edit) a third-party document with a different template, why should my system want to amend mine and save it? Certainly I don't want other people's preferences overwriting mine, but at the same time I'm getting fed up with having to go through all the prompts every time I leave a document not originated by me (or close Outlook, and get prompts about email.dotm).

Is there not an option for "Don't alter Normal.dotm unless I specifically edit it"?

GRAEME.