Building Blocks

macropod · #4 05-02-2011, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by namedujour

So the fuss is that normal.dot does not work the way it used to. (How long have you used it, that you believe nothing has changed? Perhaps that's where we're having our disconnect.)

I've been using Word 2007 extensively for the past 3 years. I have extensive customizations in Normal.dotm.

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Originally Posted by namedujour

It used to be a file you could load to anyone else's Templates folder, and they'd immediately have all your macros, styles and autotext.

And you still can.

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Originally Posted by namedujour

Now I don't even have my macros, styles and autotext without reapplying the building blocks file.

Maybe you should spend a bit more time finding out the purposes of Normal.dot(m) & BuldingBlocks.dotx and use each as intended. See:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/wo...010214071.aspx
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/wo...010234131.aspx
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/wo...010201162.aspx

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Originally Posted by namedujour

I haven't repaired it because I presume this is how it's supposed to work. Nobody is telling me otherwise, and I expected it because I've lost something I used and needed with every upgrade for the past 20 years.

So, if you bought a car and it stopped driving straight, would you wait to be told it needs repairing, or would you use some initiative and check whether something is wrong, like maybe a puncture?

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Originally Posted by namedujour

So how does YOUR building blocks work? Do you have all your commands every time without having to reattach the file? Do your styles always appear just as you set them weeks - even months - ago? If it's supposed to actually work and is broken in my case, I might try to repair it.

Everything works as MS says it should.

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