Microsoft KB Archive/60502

Word 5.00 Finds Wrong NORMAL.GLY or NORMAL.STY on Network

PSS ID Number: Q60502 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

The NORMAL.GLY file is the default glossary and holds the glossary entries that will be loaded by default when Word is started. The NORMAL.STY file is the default style sheet and holds the style entries that will be loaded by default when Word is started.

When working with the Word 5.00 NORMAL.* files on a network, certain guidelines are followed by Word. For example, the order in which Word searches for the NORMAL.* files is as follows:


 * 1) The current user directory as shown in Transfer Options.
 * 2) The directory pointed to by the MSWNET variable.
 * 3) The Word program directory.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Setting the NORMAL.* files to read-only will give multiple users access to the same file(s) unless a non read-only version of the NORMAL.* files comes first in the order of directories searched. When the file is read-only, no changes can be made to that file.

Once the first NORMAL.* file is found, Word does not keep looking for a read-only version of the file.

If the first NORMAL.GLY file that Word encounters is being used by another session of Word and the file is NOT read-only, Word will default to the standard glossary list (six items).

If the first NORMAL.STY file that Word encounters is being used by another session of Word and the file is NOT read-only, Word will display the message “Style sheet is locked by another user or application,” in the status line.

If the first NORMAL.STY file that Word encounters is read-only, Word displays the message “Style sheet is read-only,” in the status line.

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