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Karen
I'm new at Word and want to set up a document style so that my alignment is
set at justified all the time. How do I do that?
set at justified all the time. How do I do that?
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RobertVA
Karen said:I'm new at Word and want to set up a document style so that my alignment is
set at justified all the time. How do I do that?
Find and rename the normal.dot file
Make the desired changes in Word
On the file Menu, Save As normal.dot
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Absolutely not! Although you can edit Normal.dot (see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CustomizeNormalTemplate.htm), you
cannot create one; only Word can do that. If you save a document as
Normal.dot, you will, among other things, lose all the built-in AutoText
entries and all your formatted AutoCorrect entries.
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CustomizeNormalTemplate.htm), you
cannot create one; only Word can do that. If you save a document as
Normal.dot, you will, among other things, lose all the built-in AutoText
entries and all your formatted AutoCorrect entries.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Although you could change the Normal style to Justified, this is strongly
discouraged, as it will affect virtually every other style and have
repercussions you will not like. A better approach is to define Body Text as
justified and formatted the default empty paragraph in your template as Body
Text instead of Normal. Although you *can* do this in Normal.dot, it's
probably better to create a specific document template instead; see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart1.htm
discouraged, as it will affect virtually every other style and have
repercussions you will not like. A better approach is to define Body Text as
justified and formatted the default empty paragraph in your template as Body
Text instead of Normal. Although you *can* do this in Normal.dot, it's
probably better to create a specific document template instead; see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart1.htm
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Eric
Suzanne,
Over the last several versions of Word, I have routinely changed my
Normal.dot without repercussions or adverse impacts to styles. I make a copy
of the "clean" Normal.dot, and rename it "Clean Normal.dot." The I make
changes to the styles, tool bars, and keyboard shortcuts. The style revisions
I always "Save to Template." If something does go haywire, I just rename
"Clean Normal.dot" to "Normal.dot," and I'm saved.
I have never lost my Autotext or other features doing this.
In worst case scenarios, one just renames the customized Normal.dot to any
name other than Normal.dot, restarts Word, and it generates a new "clean"
Normal.dot.
Eric
Over the last several versions of Word, I have routinely changed my
Normal.dot without repercussions or adverse impacts to styles. I make a copy
of the "clean" Normal.dot, and rename it "Clean Normal.dot." The I make
changes to the styles, tool bars, and keyboard shortcuts. The style revisions
I always "Save to Template." If something does go haywire, I just rename
"Clean Normal.dot" to "Normal.dot," and I'm saved.
I have never lost my Autotext or other features doing this.
In worst case scenarios, one just renames the customized Normal.dot to any
name other than Normal.dot, restarts Word, and it generates a new "clean"
Normal.dot.
Eric
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
The problem is that if you justify the Normal style, then every other style
based on Normal will also be justified. Since almost every other style *is*
based on Normal, this means you'll get justified labels, envelope addresses,
etc.
based on Normal will also be justified. Since almost every other style *is*
based on Normal, this means you'll get justified labels, envelope addresses,
etc.