How to setup new deafult doc format for Word 2003 ?

G

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.
 
G

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.
 
G

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.
 
G

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.
 
C

Charles Kenyon

For some reason I am not seeing the original post. This response is to that
post.

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CustomizeNormalTemplate.htm and
http://addbalance.com/word/defaultfont.htm.

You want a document template. This is a .dot file. If this will have any
text in it, you do not want it to be the normal.dot file. Do not save a
template you have created as normal.dot. Ever.

This file should not go in the Word startup folder. It should go in the User
or Workgroup Templates folder. The folder you are talking about can be
designated as being either of those folders if you want, but you should
understand that Word will be looking for templates there. It you set your
folder as the User Templates folder, Word will create a normal.dot there.
For more on the different kinds of templates, tabs on the file new dialog,
and locations of templates folders see
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm.

Before you do this, I would recommend reading the article just referenced
and http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/concepts/introduction/index.html.
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide


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and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.
 
C

Charles Kenyon

For some reason I am not seeing the original post. This response is to that
post.

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CustomizeNormalTemplate.htm and
http://addbalance.com/word/defaultfont.htm.

You want a document template. This is a .dot file. If this will have any
text in it, you do not want it to be the normal.dot file. Do not save a
template you have created as normal.dot. Ever.

This file should not go in the Word startup folder. It should go in the User
or Workgroup Templates folder. The folder you are talking about can be
designated as being either of those folders if you want, but you should
understand that Word will be looking for templates there. It you set your
folder as the User Templates folder, Word will create a normal.dot there.
For more on the different kinds of templates, tabs on the file new dialog,
and locations of templates folders see
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm.

Before you do this, I would recommend reading the article just referenced
and http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/concepts/introduction/index.html.
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide


--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.
 
C

Charles Kenyon

For some reason I am not seeing the original post. This response is to that
post.

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CustomizeNormalTemplate.htm and
http://addbalance.com/word/defaultfont.htm.

You want a document template. This is a .dot file. If this will have any
text in it, you do not want it to be the normal.dot file. Do not save a
template you have created as normal.dot. Ever.

This file should not go in the Word startup folder. It should go in the User
or Workgroup Templates folder. The folder you are talking about can be
designated as being either of those folders if you want, but you should
understand that Word will be looking for templates there. It you set your
folder as the User Templates folder, Word will create a normal.dot there.
For more on the different kinds of templates, tabs on the file new dialog,
and locations of templates folders see
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm.

Before you do this, I would recommend reading the article just referenced
and http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/concepts/introduction/index.html.
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide


--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.
 
C

Charles Kenyon

For some reason I am not seeing the original post. This response is to that
post.

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CustomizeNormalTemplate.htm and
http://addbalance.com/word/defaultfont.htm.

You want a document template. This is a .dot file. If this will have any
text in it, you do not want it to be the normal.dot file. Do not save a
template you have created as normal.dot. Ever.

This file should not go in the Word startup folder. It should go in the User
or Workgroup Templates folder. The folder you are talking about can be
designated as being either of those folders if you want, but you should
understand that Word will be looking for templates there. It you set your
folder as the User Templates folder, Word will create a normal.dot there.
For more on the different kinds of templates, tabs on the file new dialog,
and locations of templates folders see
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm.

Before you do this, I would recommend reading the article just referenced
and http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/concepts/introduction/index.html.
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide


--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.
 
C

Charles Kenyon

For some reason I am not seeing the original post. This response is to that
post.

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CustomizeNormalTemplate.htm and
http://addbalance.com/word/defaultfont.htm.

You want a document template. This is a .dot file. If this will have any
text in it, you do not want it to be the normal.dot file. Do not save a
template you have created as normal.dot. Ever.

This file should not go in the Word startup folder. It should go in the User
or Workgroup Templates folder. The folder you are talking about can be
designated as being either of those folders if you want, but you should
understand that Word will be looking for templates there. It you set your
folder as the User Templates folder, Word will create a normal.dot there.
For more on the different kinds of templates, tabs on the file new dialog,
and locations of templates folders see
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm.

Before you do this, I would recommend reading the article just referenced
and http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/concepts/introduction/index.html.
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide


--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.
 
C

Charles Kenyon

For some reason I am not seeing the original post. This response is to that
post.

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CustomizeNormalTemplate.htm and
http://addbalance.com/word/defaultfont.htm.

You want a document template. This is a .dot file. If this will have any
text in it, you do not want it to be the normal.dot file. Do not save a
template you have created as normal.dot. Ever.

This file should not go in the Word startup folder. It should go in the User
or Workgroup Templates folder. The folder you are talking about can be
designated as being either of those folders if you want, but you should
understand that Word will be looking for templates there. It you set your
folder as the User Templates folder, Word will create a normal.dot there.
For more on the different kinds of templates, tabs on the file new dialog,
and locations of templates folders see
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm.

Before you do this, I would recommend reading the article just referenced
and http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/concepts/introduction/index.html.
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide


--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.
 
C

Charles Kenyon

For some reason I am not seeing the original post. This response is to that
post.

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CustomizeNormalTemplate.htm and
http://addbalance.com/word/defaultfont.htm.

You want a document template. This is a .dot file. If this will have any
text in it, you do not want it to be the normal.dot file. Do not save a
template you have created as normal.dot. Ever.

This file should not go in the Word startup folder. It should go in the User
or Workgroup Templates folder. The folder you are talking about can be
designated as being either of those folders if you want, but you should
understand that Word will be looking for templates there. It you set your
folder as the User Templates folder, Word will create a normal.dot there.
For more on the different kinds of templates, tabs on the file new dialog,
and locations of templates folders see
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm.

Before you do this, I would recommend reading the article just referenced
and http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/concepts/introduction/index.html.
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide


--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.
 
G

GC

- On the Tools Menu click Options.

- On the Options dialog, select "File Locations" tab
- Highlight "User Templates"
- Click the "Modify..." button
- Use the "Modify Locatiion" dialog to select the folder you want to use.
If you have any other templates for addins, they will have to be moved to the
new location as well.
- Make sure there is not another copy of Normal.dot in the standard
Templates folder. For Word 2003 look in C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\Templates\1033. ( the rive lettere should match the drive you
installed Word).
 
G

GC

- On the Tools Menu click Options.

- On the Options dialog, select "File Locations" tab
- Highlight "User Templates"
- Click the "Modify..." button
- Use the "Modify Locatiion" dialog to select the folder you want to use.
If you have any other templates for addins, they will have to be moved to the
new location as well.
- Make sure there is not another copy of Normal.dot in the standard
Templates folder. For Word 2003 look in C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\Templates\1033. ( the rive lettere should match the drive you
installed Word).
 
G

GC

- On the Tools Menu click Options.

- On the Options dialog, select "File Locations" tab
- Highlight "User Templates"
- Click the "Modify..." button
- Use the "Modify Locatiion" dialog to select the folder you want to use.
If you have any other templates for addins, they will have to be moved to the
new location as well.
- Make sure there is not another copy of Normal.dot in the standard
Templates folder. For Word 2003 look in C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\Templates\1033. ( the rive lettere should match the drive you
installed Word).
 
G

GC

- On the Tools Menu click Options.

- On the Options dialog, select "File Locations" tab
- Highlight "User Templates"
- Click the "Modify..." button
- Use the "Modify Locatiion" dialog to select the folder you want to use.
If you have any other templates for addins, they will have to be moved to the
new location as well.
- Make sure there is not another copy of Normal.dot in the standard
Templates folder. For Word 2003 look in C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\Templates\1033. ( the rive lettere should match the drive you
installed Word).
 
G

GC

- On the Tools Menu click Options.

- On the Options dialog, select "File Locations" tab
- Highlight "User Templates"
- Click the "Modify..." button
- Use the "Modify Locatiion" dialog to select the folder you want to use.
If you have any other templates for addins, they will have to be moved to the
new location as well.
- Make sure there is not another copy of Normal.dot in the standard
Templates folder. For Word 2003 look in C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\Templates\1033. ( the rive lettere should match the drive you
installed Word).
 
G

GC

- On the Tools Menu click Options.

- On the Options dialog, select "File Locations" tab
- Highlight "User Templates"
- Click the "Modify..." button
- Use the "Modify Locatiion" dialog to select the folder you want to use.
If you have any other templates for addins, they will have to be moved to the
new location as well.
- Make sure there is not another copy of Normal.dot in the standard
Templates folder. For Word 2003 look in C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\Templates\1033. ( the rive lettere should match the drive you
installed Word).
 
G

GC

- On the Tools Menu click Options.

- On the Options dialog, select "File Locations" tab
- Highlight "User Templates"
- Click the "Modify..." button
- Use the "Modify Locatiion" dialog to select the folder you want to use.
If you have any other templates for addins, they will have to be moved to the
new location as well.
- Make sure there is not another copy of Normal.dot in the standard
Templates folder. For Word 2003 look in C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\Templates\1033. ( the rive lettere should match the drive you
installed Word).
 

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