Autotext

[linda]

Using Word 2000, constantly redoing Autotext that I have put in the day
before! Why are they disappearing?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Sounds like either you're not saving Normal.dot or it's being overwritten.

 

[linda]

We are clicking on "save" when closing our template that stores the autotext,
which means that the document should save. At least it has for 7 years!
Since the 2000 update though we seem to constantly loose the autotext. If you
save the normal.doc, you have to give it a new name and so on..... Is there
a limit to the autotext file?

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Since the 2000 update though we seem to constantly loose the autotext.

This is not a factor in Word 2000. I suspect that when you updated your IT
people also standardized your templates in some way that replaces them on a
daily basis with the old version. This would be a part of your network
protocols.

 

[linda]

I am the IT person and all i did was install the newer software!!! Is there
a place where i can "turn it off"?

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Are you on a network?

What is your operating system?

Is your template or the folder containing your template marked as read-only?

BTW, it is normal.dot, not normal.doc.

 

[Graham Mayor]

You need to identify why you cannot save changes to normal.dot. It may be
because it is locked with a temporary file - see
http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm

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