Remove-Hidden-Data add-in tool problem

[Paul S. Natanson]

"Remove-Hidden-Data" add-in tool problem.



Since installing the MS/Office2003 "Remove-Hidden-Data" add-in tool (from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...ED-D43E-42CA-BC7B-5446D34E5360&displaylang=en),
I nearly always get a message when I close MS/Word2003, telling me that my
global/normal template has changed and asking me if I want to save the
changes.



What's that about? I have used that add-in only once (just to test it).
So, why do I keep getting a message telling me that changes have been made
to my normal template? This began happening only after I installed the
"Remove-Hidden-Data" add-in. Does that add-in somehow change my NORMAL
template in each and every session even when I do not use the add-in. What
changes are being made?



PS1: When asked if I want to save the changes to my template, I almost
always click NO. Am I doing any damage by clicking NO?



PS2: Sometimes, when I go to re-open Word2003, I get a message telling me
that my normal template has bee auto-recovered. But when I try to restore
it, I get a msg telling me that it cannot be restored. Nevertheless, my
NORMAL template (which contains many macros and other customizations) seems
to continue to work just fine.



PS3: This problem occurs only in WORD2003. I have not seen it in Excel or
in any of my other Office2003 applications.



So, my question is: Why, since installing MS/Office2003's
"Remove-Hidden-Data" add-in, do I keep getting a message when closing down
Word2003 telling me that my NORMAL template has been changed?



Paul May 11, 2004

 

[Charles Kenyon]

I know that when originally released, this product was _not_ ready for
distribution. The latest version is supposed to be better but I don't know
if it fixes this problem.

My recommendation is to uninstall it and reinstall when needed (to be
followed by an uninstall).


"Paul S. Natanson" <[email protected] (Remove xxx's for real
address.)> wrote in message news:%23XPL8%[email protected]...

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It does. The current version of the RHD tool does *not* dirty Normal.dot.
This was demonstrated for us with great pride at the MVP Summit. <g>

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Then I'll give it another try and perhaps add it to my MetaData page. Thanks
for the info.

 

[Paul S. Natanson]

Charles, et. al.: As suggested, I uninstalled and re-installed the RHD
(remove hidden data add-in), but that did not solve my problem.

The problem is that ever since I installed the RHD add-in, I get a prompt,
whenever I exit WORD, asking me if I want to save the changes to my global
NORMAL template. I never got this msg before installing RHD unless I
actually intentionally changed the template.

So, my two questions are:

1) Why is it that ever since I installed (and subsequently re-installed) the
RHD add-in, why do I get a prompt when shutting down WORD asking me if I
want to save the changes to my global normal template?

2) What changes are being made?

Paul 628. June 28, 2004

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[Paul S. Natanson]

Charles, Suzanne, et. al.: As suggested, I uninstalled and re-installed the
RHD (remove hidden data add-in), but that did not solve my problem.

The problem is that ever since I installed the RHD add-in, I get a prompt,
whenever I exit WORD, asking me if I want to save the changes to my global
NORMAL template. I never got this msg before installing RHD unless I
actually intentionally changed the template.

So, my two questions are:

1) Why is it that ever since I installed (and subsequently re-installed) the
RHD add-in, why do I get a prompt when shutting down WORD asking me if I
want to save the changes to my global normal template?

2) What changes are being made?

Paul 628. June 28, 2004

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

[shsahar007]

"Remove-Hidden-Data" add-in tool problem.



Since installing the MS/Office2003 "Remove-Hidden-Data" add-in tool (from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...ED-D43E-42CA-BC7B-5446D34E5360&displaylang=en),
I nearly always get a message when I close MS/Word2003, telling me that my
global/normal template has changed and asking me if I want to save the
changes.



What's that about? I have used that add-in only once (just to test it).
So, why do I keep getting a message telling me that changes have been made
to my normal template? This began happening only after I installed the
"Remove-Hidden-Data" add-in. Does that add-in somehow change my NORMAL
template in each and every session even when I do not use the add-in. What
changes are being made?



PS1: When asked if I want to save the changes to my template, I almost
always click NO. Am I doing any damage by clicking NO?



PS2: Sometimes, when I go to re-open Word2003, I get a message telling me
that my normal template has bee auto-recovered. But when I try to restore
it, I get a msg telling me that it cannot be restored. Nevertheless, my
NORMAL template (which contains many macros and other customizations) seems
to continue to work just fine.



PS3: This problem occurs only in WORD2003. I have not seen it in Excel or
in any of my other Office2003 applications.



So, my question is: Why, since installing MS/Office2003's
"Remove-Hidden-Data" add-in, do I keep getting a message when closing down
Word2003 telling me that my NORMAL template has been changed?



Paul May 11, 2004

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

This was a problem with the original tool. That has now been corrected, and
the tool now available for download does not dirty Normal.dot.