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

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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?
 
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.
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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

Charles Kenyon said:
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.
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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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

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
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Jim Henderson said:
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
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Thanks Suzanne.

Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
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

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.
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