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The Normal.dot file is the file that stores all of your default settings in [[Microsoft Word]].
When in Microsoft Word on a Mac, sometimes the program might spontaneously shutdown.  This could be due to a corruption in the normal.dot.file that establishes a default template for new documents
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When in Microsoft Word on a Mac, sometimes the program might spontaneously shutdown.  This could be due to a corruption in the normal.dot file.
  
 
To solve, you can remove your normal.dot or normal file by deleting it or sending it to the trash.  Then, when you re-open word, it will search and not find the normal template.  It will then create a new one, eliminating problems that may have been present in the old one.
 
To solve, you can remove your normal.dot or normal file by deleting it or sending it to the trash.  Then, when you re-open word, it will search and not find the normal template.  It will then create a new one, eliminating problems that may have been present in the old one.

Revision as of 11:19, 8 March 2007

The Normal.dot file is the file that stores all of your default settings in Microsoft Word.

When in Microsoft Word on a Mac, sometimes the program might spontaneously shutdown. This could be due to a corruption in the normal.dot file.

To solve, you can remove your normal.dot or normal file by deleting it or sending it to the trash. Then, when you re-open word, it will search and not find the normal template. It will then create a new one, eliminating problems that may have been present in the old one.