Where Word 6.0 Searches for NORMAL.DOT
  
PSS ID Number: Q108452
Article last modified on 10-13-1994
 
6.00
 
WINDOWS
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Word for Windows, version 6.0
 - Microsoft Windows operating system version 3.1
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SUMMARY
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When you start Word for Windows, it looks for the Normal template
(NORMAL.DOT) in the following locations, in order:
 
 - The user TEMPLATES directory (USER-DOT-PATH setting
   in WINWORD6.INI)
 
 - The workgroup TEMPLATES directory (WORKGROUP-DOT-PATH setting in
   WINWORD6.INI)
 
 - The Word program directory (for example, C:\WINWORD)
 
 - The current directory
 
If Word cannot find the Normal template in any of the above locations, it
uses the preset program default settings.
 
MORE INFORMATION
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Word 6.0 does not use the DOT-PATH setting in the [Microsoft Word] section
of your Windows WIN.INI file (Word 2.x uses the DOT-PATH setting).
 
REFERENCES
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"Microsoft Word User's Guide," version 6.0, Chapter 10, "Document
Templates," "If You Modify, Move, or Delete the Normal Template"
section
 
KBCategory: kbusage
KBSubcategory: kbtemplate
Additional reference words: 6.00  winword
 
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Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1994.
