No Prompt to Save Normal Template If WordMail Is Running

• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a

SYMPTOMS

While running Exchange with WordMail enabled, if you close Word after you create a macro, Word does not prompt you to save changes to the Normal template even though this option is selected. (To locate the Prompt To Save Normal Template option, click Options on the Tools menu, and then click the Save tab.)

This problem also occurs when you make other modifications--modifying styles, adding AutoText entries, customizing the toolbars and menus--to the Normal template and close Word before you close Exchange.

CAUSE

When you enable WordMail in Exchange, a session of Word is open in the background. The normal template remains active until you close both Word and Exchange. If you close Word, but you do not close Exchange, the template remains active, hence Word will not prompt you to save changes to the Normal template. If you close Exchange after you close Word, Word will prompt you to save changes to the Normal template. This behavior is by design.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use any of the following methods.

Method 1: After you close word, close Exchange, and then save the Normal

          template when prompted.

          a. Start Exchange.

          b. On the Compose menu, click WordMail Options.

          c. Clear the Enable Word as Email Editor check box, and then
             click Close.

   ARTICLE-ID: Q134896
   TITLE     : Cannot Rename Normal.dot If Word Mail Is Running