Phil Cook wrote:
> And lo on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:19:09 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did 
> spake, saying:
> 
>> Well, I spent ages editing my Normal template to give me just the 
>> formatting I want.
> 
> Which is where you went wrong, you don't fiddle with Normal you create a 
> new one.

Hmm, I see.

So if I do that, how do I then use all my custom styles in new documents?

>> But then I tried to go edit another document, and every time I touch 
>> anything, the formatting just goes crazy. Stuff like I ask for a 
>> bullet list and I get a level 3 heading. (WTF?) And all the margins 
>> and alignments are all over the place and... basically the more I 
>> touch the document, the more screwed up it gets. It just randomly 
>> changes formatting on me.
> 
> Because most of the templates are based on Normal.

Interesting design choice. (But then, the paperclip is far more 
questionable, IMO...)

>> Damn, I am *so* glad that using Word isn't my major job function! >_<
> 
> If you want to start from scratch save your normal template under a 
> different name then delete it. When it starts up Word will create a new 
> untouched Normal.dot template.

OK. I'll do that then...

> I'm trying to remember if this will wipe 
> your dictionary additions or not, as well as any additional menu items 
> you might have created so be warned.

There are no such additions to wipe, currently.

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