Instructions
for Office 2007 Word Merge and Windows XP
Advanced users can
follow the bold highlights. Detailed instructions under bold Headings.
Find Entire Path for winword.exe
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Search for the file:
winword.exe
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Write down ENTIRE path to
the Winword.exe file
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Example: C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Office\Office12
(your path may differ
slightly depending on your version)
In System variables, Add entire path of winword.exe (;C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Office\Office12) to the END of PATH variable (a common mistake is to place a space
before the semicolon
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Right click on My Computer
and choose Properties (or windows+Pause/Break)
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Select Advanced, then
Environment Variables
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In the System variables
window, find and select the variable: Path
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Choose Edit
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At the END of the existing
line, ADD a semicolon (no spaces before or after) followed by
the entire path to winword.exe (;C:\program files\microsoft
office\office12 (or the version you wrote down ).
MSWord: Office Button, Word Options, Advanced, File Location, User
Templates, Modify to Eyemd or EYECARE Folder (i.e. X:\EYEMD
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Open Microsoft Word.
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Click on the Office Button
(top Left)
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Choose Word Options
(bottom)
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Choose Advanced
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Scroll all the way down to
File Locations…
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In the File locations,
select User Templates.
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Click the Modify button.
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Change by browsing to the
folder: product folder (Eyemd or Eyecare)
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(the product folder (Eyemd
or Eyecare) should appear on your mapped network drive to the server, i.e.
X:\EYEMD).
Rename file: Normal97.dot to Normal.dot in product folder (Eyemd or
Eyecare)
Go to the (product
folder (Eyemd or Eyecare) folder using My Computer.
Look for the file:
Normal97 (if your file extension are not hidden, it is NORMAL.DOT)
Rename Normal97 to
Normal OR rename NORMAL97.DOT to NORMAL.DOT
There are different
versions of the normal file. If your environment is mixed, use the NORMAL97.
For other versions visit the
downloads page.
