Normal.dot

[stish]

When I open WORD 2003 I get an error message stating "The global template
normal.dot is already open as an add in program.

I have no idea wht this means. I could not find a way to eliminate the
message from occuring whenever I open WORD.

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

It appears that Normal.dot has been placed into Word's Startup folder (look
at Tools - Options - File Locations - Startup, then use Windows Explorer to
see what's in that folder). That folder typically would contain *other* .dot
files you want loaded when Word starts, but not Normal.dot, which typically
is located in the folder specifed in Tools - Options - File Locations - User
Templates.

 

[Normal.dot]

Herb, thank you for the response. I only have folders in "Startup" and in
"User Templates". Normal.dot does not appear in either location.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

You may have Windows set to not display normal.dot. You need to tell Windows
to show hidden and system files.

 

[stish]

You may have Windows set to not display normal.dot. You need to tell Windows
to show hidden and system files.

 

[stish]

:
THe only files I keep hidden are the operating system files. Obviosly Word
creates the Normal.dot file when it's opened (if it wasn't there before). I
removed all references to normal.dot and the error message still comes on
every time I start Word.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It's not a question of your keeping it hidden. It *is* hidden in recent
versions of Word.