"corrupt" normal.dot

[njmeatball]

I recently installed Office2003Pro to replace Office97Pro on a Dell Dimension
4550 P4 2.5GHz computer running WinXPHomeSP1. The normal.dot file from
Word97 contained several macros that I can no longer use because I am no
longer with my former employer; the macros I am particularly these were
primarily macros to print on different LAN printers.

I have tried to remove these macros and have ended up with alternative
versions of normal.dot listed in the project pane when I switch to VB. When
I try to view these, I get the following message: Project Locked Project is
Unviewable. In addition, it will note allow me to delete these projects.
How can I force it to delete these unwanted projects??

I have copied and pasted a a "fresh" copy of normal.dot from another
(laptop) computer, but when I launch Word2003 on my desktop, I still get the
same VB page!!??

Thanks for your help.

 

[Jezebel]

If they are showing up as projects when you switch to VBA, but are not
loaded as documents, then they are being loaded as add-ins. This means
you've made a bit of a mistake with folders during your installation. Start
Word and go to Tools > Options > File locations. Have a look at the
'Startup' folder -- by the sounds of it, this is set to the same folder that
contains your templates. It shouldn't be. Any .dot file in the startup
folder gets loaded as an add-in when you start Word. (The reason these
projects are unviewable is that the template itself needs to be opened as a
document for you to view its code.)

So the fix is:

1. Sort out the folders that Word is using.
2. Browse to the startup folder and delete the templates you don't want
loaded as addins.

 

[njmeatball]

Jezebel:

THANKS!! That's exactly what I had done and pointing to a different folder
for start-up solved it.

Thanks again and have a great weekend.

NJMeatball 20070315