How to setup new deafult doc format for Word 2003 ?

[Thomas McGregor]

OK, assume I have a new blank document with my favorite left, right, top and lower margin and my favorite
font. I saved this document into a mydefault.doc file.

How do I setup this document format as my default document format?
In other words: whenever I open Word2003 in the future I want to see this document format
without any further adjustments / selection.

Where do I setup this in the options ?

Do I have to convert this doc file into a dot file?

Moreover I want to put this doc resp dot file into my special private folder "D:\priv\word\"
(not in a WORD setup start folder) is this possible ?

Thomas

 

[ANONYMOUS]

Yes, you need to save as normal.dot and the path should be as follows in
office 2003:

C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates

USERNAME is your actual username such as JoeBlog

There is already a normal.dot template there and I suggest change its
name to normal_old.dot

This folder is normally hidden so you need to unhide it first or just
paste the above path in Windows explorer.

hth

 

[ANONYMOUS]

Yes, you need to save as normal.dot and the path should be as follows in
office 2003:

C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates

USERNAME is your actual username such as JoeBlog

There is already a normal.dot template there and I suggest change its
name to normal_old.dot

This folder is normally hidden so you need to unhide it first or just
paste the above path in Windows explorer.

hth

 

[ANONYMOUS]

Yes, you need to save as normal.dot and the path should be as follows in
office 2003:

C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates

USERNAME is your actual username such as JoeBlog

There is already a normal.dot template there and I suggest change its
name to normal_old.dot

This folder is normally hidden so you need to unhide it first or just
paste the above path in Windows explorer.

hth

 

[ANONYMOUS]

Yes, you need to save as normal.dot and the path should be as follows in
office 2003:

C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates

USERNAME is your actual username such as JoeBlog

There is already a normal.dot template there and I suggest change its
name to normal_old.dot

This folder is normally hidden so you need to unhide it first or just
paste the above path in Windows explorer.

hth

 

[ANONYMOUS]

Yes, you need to save as normal.dot and the path should be as follows in
office 2003:

C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates

USERNAME is your actual username such as JoeBlog

There is already a normal.dot template there and I suggest change its
name to normal_old.dot

This folder is normally hidden so you need to unhide it first or just
paste the above path in Windows explorer.

hth

 

[ANONYMOUS]

Yes, you need to save as normal.dot and the path should be as follows in
office 2003:

C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates

USERNAME is your actual username such as JoeBlog

There is already a normal.dot template there and I suggest change its
name to normal_old.dot

This folder is normally hidden so you need to unhide it first or just
paste the above path in Windows explorer.

hth

 

[ANONYMOUS]

Yes, you need to save as normal.dot and the path should be as follows in
office 2003:

C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates

USERNAME is your actual username such as JoeBlog

There is already a normal.dot template there and I suggest change its
name to normal_old.dot

This folder is normally hidden so you need to unhide it first or just
paste the above path in Windows explorer.

hth

 

[ANONYMOUS]

Yes, you need to save as normal.dot and the path should be as follows in
office 2003:

C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates

USERNAME is your actual username such as JoeBlog

There is already a normal.dot template there and I suggest change its
name to normal_old.dot

This folder is normally hidden so you need to unhide it first or just
paste the above path in Windows explorer.

hth

 

[Graham Mayor]

NO! Only Word can make normal.dot. You can copy various items from a
template into normal.dot by using the organiser, but a template saved as
normal.dot is not the same as normal.dot.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP


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[Graham Mayor]

NO! Only Word can make normal.dot. You can copy various items from a
template into normal.dot by using the organiser, but a template saved as
normal.dot is not the same as normal.dot.

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP


<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

 

[Graham Mayor]

NO! Only Word can make normal.dot. You can copy various items from a
template into normal.dot by using the organiser, but a template saved as
normal.dot is not the same as normal.dot.

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP


<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

 

[Graham Mayor]

NO! Only Word can make normal.dot. You can copy various items from a
template into normal.dot by using the organiser, but a template saved as
normal.dot is not the same as normal.dot.

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP


<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

 

[Graham Mayor]

NO! Only Word can make normal.dot. You can copy various items from a
template into normal.dot by using the organiser, but a template saved as
normal.dot is not the same as normal.dot.

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP


<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

 

[Graham Mayor]

NO! Only Word can make normal.dot. You can copy various items from a
template into normal.dot by using the organiser, but a template saved as
normal.dot is not the same as normal.dot.

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP


<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

 

[Graham Mayor]

NO! Only Word can make normal.dot. You can copy various items from a
template into normal.dot by using the organiser, but a template saved as
normal.dot is not the same as normal.dot.

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP


<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

 

[Graham Mayor]

NO! Only Word can make normal.dot. You can copy various items from a
template into normal.dot by using the organiser, but a template saved as
normal.dot is not the same as normal.dot.

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP


<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

 

[GC]

This is pretty simple to do:
open word with new blank document.

To set default Font, click Font on Format menu. Select the font and
formatting options you want. when you have everything you want, click the
"Default..." button oin the bottom of the dialog. Click Yes to the overwrite
warning.

then...

To set default page setup (margisn, etc.) Click Page Setup... on the FIle
menu.
make the changes you want to save, on all 3 tabs; Margin, Paper, and Layout.
Again clikc "Default..." button at the bottom left of the dialog, and click
yes on the overwrite warning message box.

Basically, any where you can change and save default settins, you will see
the "Default..." button.

If you want to wipe out any customized settings you have changed and start
from scratch:
- close Word
- Find your normal.dot file and delete it. (you can find its location under
the "File Location" tab on the Options dialog box on the Tools menu.
- Open Word. thiswill create a new Normal.dot with "factory" default settings.


I hope this helps.

 

[GC]

This is pretty simple to do:
open word with new blank document.

To set default Font, click Font on Format menu. Select the font and
formatting options you want. when you have everything you want, click the
"Default..." button oin the bottom of the dialog. Click Yes to the overwrite
warning.

then...

To set default page setup (margisn, etc.) Click Page Setup... on the FIle
menu.
make the changes you want to save, on all 3 tabs; Margin, Paper, and Layout.
Again clikc "Default..." button at the bottom left of the dialog, and click
yes on the overwrite warning message box.

Basically, any where you can change and save default settins, you will see
the "Default..." button.

If you want to wipe out any customized settings you have changed and start
from scratch:
- close Word
- Find your normal.dot file and delete it. (you can find its location under
the "File Location" tab on the Options dialog box on the Tools menu.
- Open Word. thiswill create a new Normal.dot with "factory" default settings.


I hope this helps.

 

[GC]

This is pretty simple to do:
open word with new blank document.

To set default Font, click Font on Format menu. Select the font and
formatting options you want. when you have everything you want, click the
"Default..." button oin the bottom of the dialog. Click Yes to the overwrite
warning.

then...

To set default page setup (margisn, etc.) Click Page Setup... on the FIle
menu.
make the changes you want to save, on all 3 tabs; Margin, Paper, and Layout.
Again clikc "Default..." button at the bottom left of the dialog, and click
yes on the overwrite warning message box.

Basically, any where you can change and save default settins, you will see
the "Default..." button.

If you want to wipe out any customized settings you have changed and start
from scratch:
- close Word
- Find your normal.dot file and delete it. (you can find its location under
the "File Location" tab on the Options dialog box on the Tools menu.
- Open Word. thiswill create a new Normal.dot with "factory" default settings.


I hope this helps.