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Re: Assistance w/ MSWord?



This is not simple territory, as least compared to the focus of this list,
but you should check out your NORMAL.DOT.
It is involved in everything as well as I can tell, is easily corrupted, and
should be learned and cared for gently.

TR.


-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Van Tassel <101233.342@xxxxxxxx>
To: XyWrite List 
Date: Friday, August 13, 1999 8:38 AM
Subject: Assistance w/ MSWord?


>Though I hate to bring this group a query purely addressed to another and
>immeasurably inferior program, I don't know where else to turn.
>
>For some months now, each time I open a file in MSW it automatically
>enlarges itself. I just tried the following:
> click on "New"
> click on a "Template" file
> close the file immediately without saving
>Result in File Manager:
> former template file 1FAX-UK.DOT now renamed 1FAX-UK.BAK - size 7168
> new template file 1FAX-UK.DOT now added -         size 11776
>
>I don't know what made this new routine begin to happen; more important, I
>don't know exactly when it started, so I can't trace the change to some
>system file of a certain date.
>Can anyone suggest what Gatesian batch file or system file I should
>investigate?
>
>Apologetically,
>Eric Van Tassel
>