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The Ultimate Word Undo

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Lincoln Spector

 

Ever do something really stupid to Microsoft Word? Something like, say,

accidentally deleting the File menu?

 

Here's the fix:

Word stores macros, style formats, and menu, keyboard, and toolbar

customizations in a file called normal.dot, which probably resides in

C:\Documents and

Settings\yourlogon\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates (XP) or C:\Users\

yourlogon\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Word templates

(Vista). To revert to Word's premistake condition, close Word, restore

normal.dot

from a pre-error backup, and reopen Word.

 

What? You don't have a backup?

Then close Word, delete normal.dot, and re-enter Word. The program will

create a new normal.dot file using Microsoft's defaults.