Microsoft KB Archive/321785

= &quot;Autoformat as you type&quot; policies do not take effect in Word 2002 =

Article ID: 321785

Article Last Modified on 5/29/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q321785



SYMPTOMS
If the Autoformat as you type policy settings are set using the Microsoft Office Policy Editor, these policies will not be applied to the appropriate settings in Microsoft Word. The following settings are affected:

According to the Word10.adm policy template, these settings are stored in the following registry location:



CAUSE
These settings in the Word10.adm policy template are incorrectly placed in the vpref structure: These setting should exist in the Assist structure:



RESOLUTION
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, it is intended to correct only the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Customer Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

The global version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.   Date         Time   Version      Size    File name 27-OCT-2002 13:46            66,517  Word10.adm 27-OCT-2002 13:48            65,851  Word10.opa



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, you can modify the Word10.ADM file to have the settings placed in the correct location of the registry. To modify the Word10.ADM template, follow these steps:  Open Windows Explorer, and then locate the Word10.ADM file. This file is typically located in the following folder: c:\Windows\inf\Word10.ADM. Make a backup copy of the Word10.ADM file. To do this, select the file in Windows Explorer, click Copy on the Edit menu, and then click Paste. You now have a file named Copy of Word10.ADM. Open the Word10.ADM file in Notepad. To do this, click Start, click Run, type notepad.exe c:\Windows\inf\Word10.inf, and then click OK. Locate the following section in the template:

CATEGORY &quot;AutoFormat as you type&quot;

KEYNAME Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word\Options\vpref

 Change the KEYNAME value to the following:

Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word\Options\Assist

</li> Locate the following section in the template:

CATEGORY &quot;Replace as you type&quot;

KEYNAME Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word\Options\vpref

</li> Change the KEYNAME value to the following:

Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word\Options\Assist

</li> Locate the following section in the template:

CATEGORY &quot;Apply as you type&quot;

KEYNAME Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word\Options\vpref

</li> Change the KEYNAME value to the following:

Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word\Options\Assist

</li> Locate the following section in the template:

CATEGORY &quot;Automatically as you type&quot;

KEYNAME Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word\Options\vpref

</li> Change the KEYNAME value to the following:

Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word\Options\Assist

</li> On the File menu click Save.</li> On the File menu, click Exit.</li></ol>

At this point the Word10.ADM file has been modified. Reopen the policy editor, set the settings that you want for the Autoformat policies, and then save your settings. The Policy is now enforced in Word 2002.

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

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MORE INFORMATION
The Office Profile Wizard uses the same structure to write settings as does Policy deployment. Therefore, due to the issue that is documented in this article, use of the Internet and network paths with hyperlinks setting can cause the AutoRecover setting being incorrectly set to 266 instead of being set to 10.

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbfix kbofficexppresp2fix kbprb KB321785

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