Problem Opening Older Docs with My Newer "My Template.DOT"

Charles Kenyon · #1 05-21-2019, 05:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skeezix

Hmmm. I thought that I did that (copy My Template.dot and then rename it to Normal.doc) but maybe I just dreamt that I did...

>>PS Normal.dot is around somewhere, when you delete or rename it, Word will automatically recreate it next time Word is opened.<<

Yeah, I found where it was hiding. I'm thinking that I didn't really perform the Rename step. I'll give it a try.

Oh, and I found "Automatically update..." too.

Thank you for your help. I appreciate your reply.

You should NEVER take another template or document and save it as your normal template. Only Word can create a fully functional Normal Template.
The Normal Template should never contain text, even in a header or footer.

Lugh · #2 05-21-2019, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charles Kenyon

The Normal Template should never contain text, even in a header or footer.

Thanks for that, Charles.

Fyi, your page has a small horizontal scroll in a full-screen browser at 1920 resolution width, minus browser & screen furniture like always-visible Taskbar on the left side. It also does not reflow when browser is made smaller—ie that causes a bigger horizontal scroll.

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