Re: Newly-saved normal.awt only opens from File > New Using Template > Normal, not Ctrl+N

Cliff Laine wrote:

> I have made and saved some alterations to normal.awt, but when I try to
> open a new document by a keyboard shortcut or clicking on the new document
> icon, the previous settings apply to the new document. I have tried saving
> normal.awt, then closing and opening AW, but the problem still occurs.
>
> I can get new documents to use my updated normal.awt by going File>New From
> Template then tabbing or down or clicking on Normal, but obviously, this is
> a nuisance. Does anyone know what might be preventing documents opened
> from the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+N from using the updated normal.awt?
>

I had a similar problem with 2.2.9 on XP - I think it may relate to
regional settings.

Changes to normal.awt only showed up when specifically using the
File>New From Template>normal method. AbiWord seems to entirely ignore
normal.awt unless I explicitly choose it as a template.

I hand-modified templates\normal.awt-en_AU (because I'm in Australia) to
what I wanted as the default document setup when launching AbiWord. The
file for you is possibly templates\normal.awt-en_GB, but that's a guess.

Note that the file contains the message: "You should not edit this file
by hand." Nothing terrible happened to me, but I make no guarantees. It
might be possible to edit the file using AbiWord's Style Modifier; I
find the manual way simplest.

Notepad inserts incorrect characters when opening a .awt format file, so
you should use a program like the DOS 'edit' command.

Something for you to think about anyway.

Cheers,
Greg

> Thank you
> Cliff
> Lancaster, UK
>
> AbiWord 2.2.9 from Sourceforge.net, W98
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Received on Tue Aug 23 17:43:34 2005