Whenever one of our secretaries highlights a sentence to make it bold or whatever,
it automatically updates the whole bloody document and messes with the margins, etc. I created a new template for her with all the correct fonts and stuff in the hope it would clear it, but it didn't. I've gone through the help bit which says to untick the 'automatically update' box for each of the formatting sections, but the box is already unticked. It's driving me crazy!
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 14:50, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

It'll be a change in her normal.docx file
find that delete it, delete the system 32 folder.
Restart your computer. open word, make a new file go save as call it i'mamassiveidiot.doc and then jump out the window.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 14:53, Reply)

I've already deleted and created a brand new template for her
and it's not docx, it's word 03.

thanks for being a jerk though, that's helpful.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 14:57, Reply)

Did you delete the normal template though?
That's loaded in the background.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 14:58, Reply)

yes, completely.
I deleted it and created a brand new template. Is there somewhere else I should be deleting it from?
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 15:04, Reply)

nope,
Is it only when they highlight and type over?
(PsychoChomp, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 15:07, Reply)

No
it seems to be no matter where or how you click the bold, underline, etc, it just turns the whole thing spaccy.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 15:09, Reply)

ps don't do any of that
but it'll probably be a change in the "normal" file which is the default template and is loaded everytime they open word.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 14:58, Reply)

ok I'll try deleting it again again.

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 15:07, Reply)

Don't bother
word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/WholeDocumentReformatted.htm
1 Read that
2 sort the problem
3 tell everyone how great I am.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 15:09, Reply)

Mainly the add to template bit.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 15:11, Reply)

loading......still loading....
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( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 15:17, Reply)

If that doesn't work
this should in VB
ActiveDocument.Styles(wdStyleNormal).AutomaticallyUpdate = False
(PsychoChomp, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 15:17, Reply)

I'm sorry can you explain that a bit more please?
I'm not that clevers.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 15:28, Reply)

that sounds annoying
and the sort of thing that I generally fix by fiddling with the appropriate settings until it sorts itself out.

Word is the most stupid of programs.

I would've thought making the new template would sort it...
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 14:54, Reply)

I wish people would try and fix things themselves,
but because they know that I can usually figure out how to fix things they don't even bother, they just ring me. I fucking hate it, I left IT for a reason.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 15:08, Reply)

I find the same
I fix almost all problems with computers that people have here, and the way I do it is by having a rough idea of how to use the software and then following some sensible avenues of investigation.

The level of ineptitude with IT in my office baffles me.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 15:53, Reply)

It's not ineptitude. It's fucking lazyness.
One of the reasons I retired.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Thu 2 Sep 2010, 16:30, Reply)