I have lost my lost the "Insert Auto Text" in Header/Footer

[Jim Henderson]

I no longer can access the "Insert AutoText" in my headers and footers. The
function is grayed out. What did I do wrong? How can I get it back?

 

[Charles Kenyon]

You probably replaced normal.dot, which holds the AutoText.
See http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm. Even
though this page is about a different problem, applying the solutions should
help you out.

 

[Greg Maxey]

Jim,

Try renaming your Normal.dot template with Word closed. Call it Normal.old
or something and then start Word to create a fresh Normal.dot

Your autotext should be back.

See:

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/CustomizeNormalTemplate.htm

 

[Jim Henderson]

Thanks. Is it not possible to retain the "auto text" AND reformat the
default blank page? Seems like the auto text is pretty simple stuff. Why
does it disappear when the Normal.Dot is changed? Is there any way to
retrieve the auto text other than resetting Normal.Dot?

Jim

You probably replaced normal.dot, which holds the AutoText.
See http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm. Even
though this page is about a different problem, applying the solutions should
help you out.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

AutoText is not deleted when you edit Normal.dot properly, but if you save a
document or template as Normal.dot, then it will be lost. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CustomizeNormalTemplate.htm and
“WD2002: Styles and AutoText Are Not Copied to New Template Based on
Normal.dot” at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=291441

Thanks. Is it not possible to retain the "auto text" AND reformat the
default blank page? Seems like the auto text is pretty simple stuff. Why
does it disappear when the Normal.Dot is changed? Is there any way to
retrieve the auto text other than resetting Normal.Dot?

Jim

 

[Jim Henderson]

Thanks Suzanne.

AutoText is not deleted when you edit Normal.dot properly, but if you save a
document or template as Normal.dot, then it will be lost. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CustomizeNormalTemplate.htm and
“WD2002: Styles and AutoText Are Not Copied to New Template Based on
Normal.dot” at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=291441