I don't remember how Word2003 does it, but you need to open the
template by using the menu commands after opening Word, rather than by
double-clicking on the filename as you'd usually do to open an
existing document that you want to go back to and work on some more.

On Mar 19, 12:35*pm, K wrote:
Thanks Peter. Appreciate your taking time to consider and respond to my post.
My compuliteracy is really quite low. When you say "Open the template within
Word, not by clicking on it " I have no idea what you are trynig to tell me.
I have the ability to find the templates in Word, the canned templates as
well as the ones I've created and stored, but I have to click on them to open
them. But thanks anyway. K.



"Peter T. Daniels" wrote:
Are you on some sort of corporate network that prevents you from
making permanent changes?

If not, you can make your changes in the normal.dot template and all
new documents will show them. (Open the template within Word, not by
clicking on it -- that would just get you a new document based on the
template.) In case Word doesn't think formatting changes are "real"
changes, type a character in the body of the template and delete it,
and then save it when you close.

On Mar 17, 11:57 am, K wrote:
Everytime I open Word 2003 the AutoFormat settings I set last time have
changed back. Everytime I set up a new docu I uncheck ordinals and fractions
in the AutoFormat tab, Capital first letter of sentences and cells in the
AutoCorrect tab, and Fractions and Ordinals in the AutoFormat as you type
tab. While this is every time I open Word, if I open a second docu while the
first is still open, the settings in the new docu are the same as I reset for
the first, but once I closed Word all settings revert. Indent and spacing
also changes at some time during typing too and I have to go back and re
'zero' everything. Typestyles also change from ariel 14 to Times New Roman
10, except the first line and links. Is it possible to save my preferances so
I don't have to make all these changes everytime I open Word? All ideas,
suggestions, and comments about this issue will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, K.