Microsoft office global template error

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Thanks, Ran. This site in other languages x. All these things are there because of the global template behind the scenes.

Ms Word uses a global template and every new document in Word is basically an instance or copy of the global template. We can save a lot of time by simply incorporating our repetitive needs directly in the global template.

We can modify the global template as per our needs to make it a fully customized template. Make sure the hidden files and folders are visible on your computer. Simply right click on Normal. When you restart Word, the COM add-ins that you turned off are not loaded. To determine the add-in that is causing the issue, turn on the COM add-ins one at a time, and then restart Word.

Automatic macros run when you start Word or when you perform a specific action in Word The following table lists the Word automatic macros:. To determine the automatic macros that you should remove, temporarily stop Word automatic macros from running.

To stop any one of the other macros that are listed in this table, hold SHIFT when you perform the action that causes the macro to run. On the Developer tab, in the Code group, click Macros. In the Macros dialog box, remove any macro whose name starts with "Auto". To remove an automatic macro, click the macro, and then click Delete. Note An automatic macro may have been added by a Word add-in. To determine whether a template contains an automatic macro, click each template in the Macros in box.

When you do this, the macros that are in the template are listed. If you determine that a template contains an automatic macro, you may want to remove this template from your computer.

If you remove a template that was added by a Word add-in, the functionality of the add-in may be affected. If the issue is resolved after you restart Word, one of the automatic macros was causing the issue.

To work around this issue if the computer is infected with a macro virus, use one or more of the following methods. For a long-term strategy to help prevent macro viruses, install antivirus software that is designed specifically to detect macro viruses. After you install an antivirus software program, you must keep it updated to make sure that new macro viruses are detected and removed.

For more information about how to update your antivirus software program, contact your antivirus software vendor. If you are seeing this message, then the most likely scenario is that the Normal.

Since the most likely cause of the error is corrupt Normal. Microsoft Office looks for this specific file every time you open the Microsoft Office. So, simply delete the corrupt file and it will automatically be recreated the next time you start Microsoft Office. To do this, follow the steps given below:.