Microsoft KB Archive/48625

Word: Changes to Standard Glossary Lost

PSS ID Number: Q48625 Article last modified on 03-07-1997

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= SUMMARY =

Microsoft Word for the Macintosh may sometimes appear to not save changes correctly to the Standard Glossary. This can result when the program cannot locate the Standard Glossary when Word is launched.

When Word is launched, it looks for a file named Standard Glossary in five places:


 * 1) The folder containing the Word program
 * 2) The topmost level of the disk containing Word, which is either the hard drive window, if a hard drive is in use, or the Startup disk if a hard drive is not being used
 * 3) The System folder
 * 4) The topmost level of all other disks held in memory
 * 5) The last folder displayed in an Open or Save dialog box

If Word doesn’t find the Standard Glossary in any of these places, it will open with the default glossary. (Default glossary entries are denoted by bullets at the left of each glossary entry name.) Then, if a glossary entry is defined, and Save is chosen from the File menu while the Glossary dialog box is open or Word is exited, Word will bring up the Save As dialog box. It will suggest the name “Standard Glossary,” and suggest that the document be saved in the same folder as Word.

= WORKAROUND =

To work around this problem, place the Standard Glossary in the root directory (which is the hard drive window) if a hard drive is in use, or on the Startup disk if a hard drive is not being used. Also, be sure to save changes to the glossary by replacing the Standard Glossary that is loaded when the program is launched.

= MORE INFORMATION =

If this Standard Glossary is then saved and later moved into a folder that is not the root directory or the Startup disk, Word will not find this newly created Standard Glossary the next time the program is launched. Word doesn’t open the Standard Glossary with the newly saved entries; therefore, it will appear as though the changes were not saved.

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