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How do I change my Normal template?
I've not read the other posts, so I'm not sure what they said. I just today
upgraded to Office 2007 (that's why I was here looking for answers to something else). When I had Word 2002, this is how I adjusted the normal.dot. I'll see if I remember it without being able to see it. In Word, click File, Open, then click on the bottom window to select "template .dot" or something like that. It should automatically take you to the place Office keeps the templates. In my Office 2002, templates were in my user account (the name that I clicked on to start Windows), then Applications (or something like that), Microsoft, Templates. Or, in Windows Explorer or My Computer, do a search on "normal.dot". It will show you where the normal.dot is kept. Write down the path and then you can navigate to it in Word. Open normal.dot, and make your changes. Save it and then close it. That should fix it. Good luck! "renee1021" wrote: I have Microsoft Word 2002 and my Normal template was somehow changed so that it now has text in it. I've read the previous posts about this, and none of them has worked. Does anyone know how to change the Normal template so that it comes up blank? |
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How do I change my Normal template?
Note that you have replied to a message that is three years old.
-- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Sandhill54" wrote: I've not read the other posts, so I'm not sure what they said. I just today upgraded to Office 2007 (that's why I was here looking for answers to something else). When I had Word 2002, this is how I adjusted the normal.dot. I'll see if I remember it without being able to see it. In Word, click File, Open, then click on the bottom window to select "template .dot" or something like that. It should automatically take you to the place Office keeps the templates. In my Office 2002, templates were in my user account (the name that I clicked on to start Windows), then Applications (or something like that), Microsoft, Templates. Or, in Windows Explorer or My Computer, do a search on "normal.dot". It will show you where the normal.dot is kept. Write down the path and then you can navigate to it in Word. Open normal.dot, and make your changes. Save it and then close it. That should fix it. Good luck! "renee1021" wrote: I have Microsoft Word 2002 and my Normal template was somehow changed so that it now has text in it. I've read the previous posts about this, and none of them has worked. Does anyone know how to change the Normal template so that it comes up blank? |
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How do I change my Normal template?
How embarrassing; thanks for telling me. Shows how brain-dead I was after
upgrading my Office XP to 2007, huh? I was searching for help on changing the normal template in Word 2007 to fit my needs, and ended up there. I was so relieved to see that I might have a bit of knowledge to contribute, I just answered it. Next time I try to be helpful, I'll check the date. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Note that you have replied to a message that is three years old. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Sandhill54" wrote: I've not read the other posts, so I'm not sure what they said. I just today upgraded to Office 2007 (that's why I was here looking for answers to something else). When I had Word 2002, this is how I adjusted the normal.dot. I'll see if I remember it without being able to see it. In Word, click File, Open, then click on the bottom window to select "template .dot" or something like that. It should automatically take you to the place Office keeps the templates. In my Office 2002, templates were in my user account (the name that I clicked on to start Windows), then Applications (or something like that), Microsoft, Templates. Or, in Windows Explorer or My Computer, do a search on "normal.dot". It will show you where the normal.dot is kept. Write down the path and then you can navigate to it in Word. Open normal.dot, and make your changes. Save it and then close it. That should fix it. Good luck! "renee1021" wrote: I have Microsoft Word 2002 and my Normal template was somehow changed so that it now has text in it. I've read the previous posts about this, and none of them has worked. Does anyone know how to change the Normal template so that it comes up blank? |
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How do I change my Normal template?
Well, the underlying problem is that the search results you get in the web
interface for newsgroups are not sorted by date. :-( -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Sandhill54" wrote in message ... How embarrassing; thanks for telling me. Shows how brain-dead I was after upgrading my Office XP to 2007, huh? I was searching for help on changing the normal template in Word 2007 to fit my needs, and ended up there. I was so relieved to see that I might have a bit of knowledge to contribute, I just answered it. Next time I try to be helpful, I'll check the date. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Note that you have replied to a message that is three years old. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Sandhill54" wrote: I've not read the other posts, so I'm not sure what they said. I just today upgraded to Office 2007 (that's why I was here looking for answers to something else). When I had Word 2002, this is how I adjusted the normal.dot. I'll see if I remember it without being able to see it. In Word, click File, Open, then click on the bottom window to select "template .dot" or something like that. It should automatically take you to the place Office keeps the templates. In my Office 2002, templates were in my user account (the name that I clicked on to start Windows), then Applications (or something like that), Microsoft, Templates. Or, in Windows Explorer or My Computer, do a search on "normal.dot". It will show you where the normal.dot is kept. Write down the path and then you can navigate to it in Word. Open normal.dot, and make your changes. Save it and then close it. That should fix it. Good luck! "renee1021" wrote: I have Microsoft Word 2002 and my Normal template was somehow changed so that it now has text in it. I've read the previous posts about this, and none of them has worked. Does anyone know how to change the Normal template so that it comes up blank? |
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How do I change my Normal template?
I'm very frustrated trying to change my normal.dotm in Word 2007. First of
all, the directions for even locating it are inaccurate in Microsoft's help center. But...I searched and think I found the document anyway. For some reason, the "normal" style defaults to "10 pt after paragraph" and won't accept my change to delete that. Or maybe I'm looking at the wrong normal.dotm file. There seem to be several. Any way I can find the real base template for my blank documents and get it to stop doing that? Any help is appreciated -- Barb "Sandhill54" wrote: How embarrassing; thanks for telling me. Shows how brain-dead I was after upgrading my Office XP to 2007, huh? I was searching for help on changing the normal template in Word 2007 to fit my needs, and ended up there. I was so relieved to see that I might have a bit of knowledge to contribute, I just answered it. Next time I try to be helpful, I'll check the date. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Note that you have replied to a message that is three years old. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Sandhill54" wrote: I've not read the other posts, so I'm not sure what they said. I just today upgraded to Office 2007 (that's why I was here looking for answers to something else). When I had Word 2002, this is how I adjusted the normal.dot. I'll see if I remember it without being able to see it. In Word, click File, Open, then click on the bottom window to select "template .dot" or something like that. It should automatically take you to the place Office keeps the templates. In my Office 2002, templates were in my user account (the name that I clicked on to start Windows), then Applications (or something like that), Microsoft, Templates. Or, in Windows Explorer or My Computer, do a search on "normal.dot". It will show you where the normal.dot is kept. Write down the path and then you can navigate to it in Word. Open normal.dot, and make your changes. Save it and then close it. That should fix it. Good luck! "renee1021" wrote: I have Microsoft Word 2002 and my Normal template was somehow changed so that it now has text in it. I've read the previous posts about this, and none of them has worked. Does anyone know how to change the Normal template so that it comes up blank? |
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How do I change my Normal template?
Hi Barb,
With a blank document open, try using Alt, T, I and then in the dialog that comes up if the Attached template listed is 'Normal' click on the [Attach] button. That will take you to the folder where the currently in use copy resides Can you provide a link or a title of the help page that appears to have the incorrect information? =========== "Barb Meek" wrote in message ... I'm very frustrated trying to change my normal.dotm in Word 2007. First of all, the directions for even locating it are inaccurate in Microsoft's help center. But...I searched and think I found the document anyway. For some reason, the "normal" style defaults to "10 pt after paragraph" and won't accept my change to delete that. Or maybe I'm looking at the wrong normal.dotm file. There seem to be several. Any way I can find the real base template for my blank documents and get it to stop doing that? Any help is appreciated -- Barb -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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How do I change my Normal template?
There should only be one normal.dotm file (the others could be links?) and
it will be in the folder defined at Word Options Advanced File Locations User Templates. If there really are more than one normal template, you might investigate why the rest are present and if they are not required by other users, remove them. With the template open for editing, you can edit the normal style to remove the spacing (and it might be a plan to edit the no spacing style and add the spacing - then rename it (say) Spaced Normal.) -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Barb Meek wrote: I'm very frustrated trying to change my normal.dotm in Word 2007. First of all, the directions for even locating it are inaccurate in Microsoft's help center. But...I searched and think I found the document anyway. For some reason, the "normal" style defaults to "10 pt after paragraph" and won't accept my change to delete that. Or maybe I'm looking at the wrong normal.dotm file. There seem to be several. Any way I can find the real base template for my blank documents and get it to stop doing that? Any help is appreciated -- Barb "Sandhill54" wrote: How embarrassing; thanks for telling me. Shows how brain-dead I was after upgrading my Office XP to 2007, huh? I was searching for help on changing the normal template in Word 2007 to fit my needs, and ended up there. I was so relieved to see that I might have a bit of knowledge to contribute, I just answered it. Next time I try to be helpful, I'll check the date. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Note that you have replied to a message that is three years old. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Sandhill54" wrote: I've not read the other posts, so I'm not sure what they said. I just today upgraded to Office 2007 (that's why I was here looking for answers to something else). When I had Word 2002, this is how I adjusted the normal.dot. I'll see if I remember it without being able to see it. In Word, click File, Open, then click on the bottom window to select "template .dot" or something like that. It should automatically take you to the place Office keeps the templates. In my Office 2002, templates were in my user account (the name that I clicked on to start Windows), then Applications (or something like that), Microsoft, Templates. Or, in Windows Explorer or My Computer, do a search on "normal.dot". It will show you where the normal.dot is kept. Write down the path and then you can navigate to it in Word. Open normal.dot, and make your changes. Save it and then close it. That should fix it. Good luck! "renee1021" wrote: I have Microsoft Word 2002 and my Normal template was somehow changed so that it now has text in it. I've read the previous posts about this, and none of them has worked. Does anyone know how to change the Normal template so that it comes up blank? |
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How do I change my Normal template?
Bob,
After Barb Meek wrote, "the directions for even locating it [Normal.dotx] are inaccurate in Microsoft's help center," you asked, "Can you provide a link or a title of the help page that appears to have the incorrect information?" Having just gotten Word 2007 two days ago and like Barb wanting to edit Normal.dotm, I believe I may have experienced her problem. But there were two different ways in which Word Help seemed to mislead me. (1) In Word Help, I searched for "Normal.dotx." The first result was "Change the Normal template (Normal.dotm)." Clicking this result provided the following directions: "Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Open. ... In Microsoft Windows Vista: Click Templates, and then double-click the Normal.dotm file to open it." Clicking the Microsoft Office Button, then clicking Open, brings up Windows Explorer inside the dialog box. "Templates," of course, is the first item in the navigation pane on the left, in the top half called "Favorite Links." However, previously, while in Windows Explorer itself, I had moved the horizontal bar in the navigation pane upward so that I could see more of the directory tree in the bottom half ofd the navigation pane. In fact, I had moved the bar so high that I covered over all of the "Favorite Links.," I thought to myself, "Who needs 'Favorite Links'? I can always find what I need via the directory tree." Consequently, when Windows Explorer appeared in the Word dialog box, there was no "Templates" item for me to click on. It seemed that Windows Help was misdirecting me. Perhaps this is why it seemed to Barb that "the directions for even locating [Normal.dotx] are inaccurate in Microsoft's help center." (2) The other possibility is this. In Word Help, I searched for "Normal.dotx." The fourterenth result was "Create a new template." Since I couldn't find Normal.dotx, I thought to myself, "Perhaps I'll create my own template and tell Word 2007 to always load it." Clicking on "Create a new template" provided the following directions: "You can find Word templates for most kinds of documents on Microsoft Office Online. If you have an Internet connection, click the Microsoft Office Button, click New, and then click the template category that you want." Clicking the Microsoft Office Button, then clicking New, brings up the "New Document" page. In the left pane, there are two headings: "Templates" and "Microsoft Office Online." But because they have gray backgrounds, I did not realize that they were two headers. I did not even see the "Templates" heading immediately under "New Documents"; and I assumed that "Microsoft Office Online" was in a gray rectangle because Word Help was highlighting it by default. So the templates that I saw in the right pane -- "Blank Document" etc. -- were assumed by me to be the only offerings available under "Microsoft Office Online." Now, of course, I realize that "Templates" is the first heading, with four items under it, and that "Microsoft Office Online" is the second heading, with many items under it. But on first seeing the "New Documents" page, I was quite confused. My confusion in the two instances above are just the sort of mistake that new users make. If it is possible to bring these difficulties to the attention of the writers of Word's help files or of Microsoft's usability lab workers, I -- and probably many other new users as well -- would be most grateful. "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: Hi Barb, With a blank document open, try using Alt, T, I and then in the dialog that comes up if the Attached template listed is 'Normal' click on the [Attach] button. That will take you to the folder where the currently in use copy resides Can you provide a link or a title of the help page that appears to have the incorrect information? =========== "Barb Meek" wrote in message ... I'm very frustrated trying to change my normal.dotm in Word 2007. First of all, the directions for even locating it are inaccurate in Microsoft's help center. But...I searched and think I found the document anyway. For some reason, the "normal" style defaults to "10 pt after paragraph" and won't accept my change to delete that. Or maybe I'm looking at the wrong normal.dotm file. There seem to be several. Any way I can find the real base template for my blank documents and get it to stop doing that? Any help is appreciated -- Barb -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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How do I change my Normal template?
OK now I'm totally confused after reading all the previous post. Recently I
upgraded from Office 2003 to Office 2007 (wow what a pain-in-the-ass change) and cannot easily find stuff (sorry but IMHO the ribbon is a GIANT step backwards). I get so tired of clicking on things only to discover what I'm looking for is not there. In office 2003 I made extensive modifications to the normal.dot file and now I want these changes in my normal.dotm file. In 2003 I could open a document and merge the template of the open document into my normal template. Is this possible in 2007? If so how? |
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How do I change my Normal template?
It has never been possible to "merge the template of the open document into"
Normal.dot. It is (still) possible to set some defaults in a document that are saved to Normal.dot (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...lTemplate.htm), and many customizations are saved in Normal.dot (or Normal.dotm) by default. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "JGT" wrote in message ... OK now I'm totally confused after reading all the previous post. Recently I upgraded from Office 2003 to Office 2007 (wow what a pain-in-the-ass change) and cannot easily find stuff (sorry but IMHO the ribbon is a GIANT step backwards). I get so tired of clicking on things only to discover what I'm looking for is not there. In office 2003 I made extensive modifications to the normal.dot file and now I want these changes in my normal.dotm file. In 2003 I could open a document and merge the template of the open document into my normal template. Is this possible in 2007? If so how? |
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