TSGL: Peculiar Word 97 Saving Glitch

[Heidi Schröder]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave" <heydave at pacbell.net>
To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 1:12 AM
Subject: TSGL: Peculiar Word 97 Saving Glitch

> Here's a weird one:  For some months now, even after a fresh
> reinstallation
> of Word 97, whenever I attempt to save a doc, whether as save or save as,
> the dialog window that opens has a button labeled "Open" at the bottom,
> rather than the correct button "Save" (the title bar is correct as Save
> or Save as)
> and of course typing in the new file name is an exercise in futility,
> because it can't be found.
> There are workarounds, but they are cumbersome.
>
> I thought by reinstalling it the problem would go away, but also, no luck.
>
> Does anyone know the intricasies of the Word portion of the registry so I
> might correct this absurd situation?
>
> This might finally drive me to use OpenOffice full time!  The only reason
> I still use Word 97 is that I have hundreds of docs in that format, and
> I don't have to fool with persistent nags (well, maybe I do now).
>
> dave r


Hi Dave,

how about trying the good old Word-trick and re-name the normal.dot file?
With the next start of Word a new such file will be created and if all is
okay then you may delete the old one. Just keep in mind all your personal
settings in Word will be gone this way as well.
Reinstalling normally does not cure a corrupted normal.dot, so it really is
worth a try.

Best wishes
Heidi