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Please be aware that the reason the file arrived as a .dot file may be
related to a Word Macro virus. These viruses are not especially
harmful, but incredibly annoying. Be sure to take care of that before
sending on the document. If you are not familiar with these viruses,
send me a note or check out the MS web site.
David S. Klein
Technical Writer - Amdocs-LD
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> From: Cheryle Wiese[SMTP:cjwiese -at- HOTMAIL -dot- COM]
> Sent: Friday, November 21, 1997 5:51 PM
> Subject: QUESTION: Inherited ugly Word 7.0 documents
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm posting this query for a co-worker who doesn't suscribe, and
> doesn't
> have Net access right now. I don't have a definitive answer to her
> question, so I told her I'd pose it to the experts. :)
>
> Here's the deal:
>
> She's got a 75 page Word doc that was e-mailed to her as a .dot file.
> In
> order to launch it, she disabled the macros, and saved it on her hard
> drive as a .doc file.
>
> The problem is, this manual is UGLY. She wants to go through and
> apply
> styles to the manual while she's editing it. But she's not sure of
> the
> best/quickest way to do this.
>
> Any suggestions for working with ugly, hand-me-down docs?
>
> TIA,
> Cheryle Wiese
>
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