Instructions for Office 2007 Word Merge and Windows Vista
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
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(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 Computer under the
Start Menu and choose Properties and Left click
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Click on Advanced System Settings on
the left side
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Choose Environment Variables
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In the
System variables
window, find and select the variable: Path
- Choose Edit
- 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.
