unable to change default font

[Schmenky]

Hi,

I have the following problem with a newly installed Word 2003: When I want
to change the default font (using 'format, font, default'), Word saves the
change to the normal.dot file. But when I restart Word, I get the old default
font, and not the new one I selected (it is installed on the pc). Any
suggestions why this occurs?

cheers, John

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Either Normal.dot is not being saved, or it is being regenerated fresh when
you start Word. Are you on a standalone machine or a corporate network?

 

[Beth Melton]

Do you happen to use Adobe 7.0? If so then their new add-in discards
changes you make to your Normal.dot. Try changing it again but hold
Shift, click the File menu and select "Save All" to explicitly save
your Normal.dot.

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[Schmenky]

Suzanne,

thenx for the reply. Your colleague Beth Melton gave me the solution (see
the following post). The problem was the Adobe 7 plug-in.

greetz from the Netherlands..

John

 

[Schmenky]

Beth,

Yep, it works! Many thenx for the solution!

greetz from the Netherlands!,

John

 

[Schmenky]

Beth,

Yes, I use Acrobat. I followed your suggestion, and now it works!

many thenx and greetz from the Netherlands!

John

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Yep, we've had a rash of that lately, and I should have thought of it. Until
we started seeing this problem, I was unaware that there even was a new
version of Acrobat, so it's interesting to see how many users have already
(prematurely?) upgraded.