Hi all,

When I , or any user on our small network of 25 users, exits out of Word, there is a message at the bottom of the app window saying 'Word is saving Normal.dot'... and a progress bar.

I would like the Normal.dot to remain unchanged, the main reason being that another app that uses word as its document editor is having a problem with word. The problem is that this other app has moved on, expecting word to have quit, but this saving of the normal.dot is still happening - causing winword.exe to either crash or freeze.

I have read all sorts of things on this subject, but they all say to check the 'Prompt to Save Normal Template' checkbox with Tools/Options, or making the Normal.dot read only... but these still prompt the user for a response of 'No'. I have had a look into AutoExit() subs, but these are applied after the Normal.dot has either been saved or not - want to NOT save before this...

All I want is - when you exit out of word, for word NOT to save the Normal.dot.

1. If you uncheck the 'Prompt to Save Normal Template' - it just goes and saves it for you each time.

2. If you make the user's Normal.dot read-only, then it prompts them to save it as something else.


Is there a way to tell word that irrespective of any changes that may have effected the normal.dot - to ignore them and NOT change the normal.dot??

Thanks for any help - this is sending me 'round the bend...

Scott.