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Normal template
How do I change the page setting and font in the Normal template? If I open
it as a template and try to replace it with the new settings, Word tells me I can't change an open document/template. If I try to drill down to the template folder where Normal is kept, there is no way to get to the Application Data folder so I can then get to the Microsoft and then Templates folders. Frustrating! |
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It sounds like you are trying to use SaveAs to save over the top of your
existing normal.dot. You'll run into big problems if you ever do this. See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customizat...alTemplate.htm and http://addbalance.com/word/defaultfont.htm You may or may not be able to get to the user templates folder directly. That will depend on your file permissions and whether, if you have permissions, you have set your views to let you see system and hidden folders and files. As you'll see from the first article above, though, you do not need to open normal.dot to change your font or margins. If you open the template, you will see the name of the template in the title bar, rather than Document 4. -- 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 See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- 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. "lindsays" wrote in message ... How do I change the page setting and font in the Normal template? If I open it as a template and try to replace it with the new settings, Word tells me I can't change an open document/template. If I try to drill down to the template folder where Normal is kept, there is no way to get to the Application Data folder so I can then get to the Microsoft and then Templates folders. Frustrating! |
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