Word cannot save changes to the global template

Word Links. Getting this every time you close Word is annoying. While it is possible to turn this prompt off, you do not want to do so. Turning this off is like taking the batteries out of your smoke detector because it keeps buzzing!

The reason for the message being shown repeatedly is almost always a poorly written Add-In. These all install Add-Ins that mess with your normal. Some of these are. See How to find out whether any Word Add-ins have been installed for instructions on seeing what Add-Ins you have. Having Add-Ins is not a bad thing. I run Word with 15 Add-Ins, most of which I wrote myself. Start with the Add-Ins I've noted.

If you have any of them, decide whether they are worth the annoyance they are causing you. Probably they are not. On the Save tab, click to clear the Prompt to save Normal template check box. In the Save section, click to clear the Prompt before saving Normal template check box. You may receive the message that is listed in the "Symptoms" section if an add-in or a macro on your computer modified the Normal.

Add-ins that are known to cause this behavior include the following:. How to remove WLL add-ins and templates in the Word and Office Startup folders When you start Word, Word automatically loads templates and add-ins that are located in the Startup folders.

Problems in Word may be the result of conflicts or of problems with an add-in. To determine whether an item in a Startup folder is causing the problem, temporarily empty the folder.

Word loads items from the Office Startup folder and the Word Startup folder. To remove items from the Startup folders, follow these steps:. Quit all instances of Word. If you use Word as your e-mail editor, make sure that you quit Outlook also. The default location is:. For Office , the Office folder is Office Drag each item from the Startup folder to the desktop.

Or create a folder on your desktop and drag each item to this new folder. Note To create a new folder on the desktop, right-click a blank area on the desktop, point to New , and then click Folder. Find the Word Startup folder, and then drag each item from the Startup folder to the desktop. The default location for the Word Startup folder depends on the operating system.

Start Word. If you can no longer reproduce the problem, and you removed multiple items from the Startup folder or folders, you can try to isolate the problem by adding the files back to the appropriate Startup folder, one by one. Try to reproduce the problem after each addition to determine which file causes the problem. COM add-ins are installed by programs that interact with Word. On the Tools menu, click Customize.

Click the Commands tab. Andrew Hancock - VMware vExpert. See if this solution works for you by signing up for a 7 day free trial. What do I get with a subscription? With your subscription - you'll gain access to our exclusive IT community of thousands of IT pros. We can't always guarantee that the perfect solution to your specific problem will be waiting for you. If you ask your own question - our Certified Experts will team up with you to help you get the answers you need.

Who are the certified experts? Have gone through Word onling article HA and none of the mentioned solutions seem to solve the problem. Is there anything else I can try to remove this message?

Regards asj. It also sounds like you have multiple users sharing a single copy of Normal. If that's the case, Word is NOT designed to be used that way. Each individual's personalized formatting settings, autotext entries, and a number of other features are supposed to be stored there. Word's working correctly depends on each user having their own Normal. If there are formats to be shared, that can be done via the Workgroup templates feature.