Macros not being saved in normal.dotm
Windows 11 Home Microsoft 365
I'm an editor and recently one of my manuscripts seemed corrupted so I replaced the normal template. I had macros saved but of course they disappeared. I set up more macros and all seemed good until I opened a new manuscript and all the macros have gone again. I've never had this problem before.
I can't easily set up the macros without having a manuscript in front of me because I don't know any way other than to press record, carry out the task - eg change double word spaces to single; straight quotes to curly; remove spaces before paragraph mark, etc - then end the recording.
Why haven't they saved? Is Word creating a new normal.dotm every time? I get no message warning me. I opened up the file history on one of my old documents and the newer ones I created are there, but not in the document I worked on today.
Any advice gratefully received, in as simple a language as possible, please!