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Old March 30th, 2008, 12:54 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
sberry87
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Every time i open word 2007 and create a new document it appears to open as a
letter template. The margins are not the normal size and there is a letter
head with my name, this gets annoying i have to delete every time. can you
tell me how i can set word back to its original settings.
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Old March 30th, 2008, 01:19 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Herb Tyson [MVP]
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It sounds like a letter template has been saved over Normal.dotm. Close
Word, find Normal.dotm, and delete it. Word will automatically create a new
one.

If you still get this behavior after deleting Normal.dotm, then check to see
if there's a copy of Normal.dot present... and if so, then delete both it
and Normal.dotm.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"sberry87" wrote in message
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Every time i open word 2007 and create a new document it appears to open
as a
letter template. The margins are not the normal size and there is a letter
head with my name, this gets annoying i have to delete every time. can you
tell me how i can set word back to its original settings.


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Old March 16th, 2010, 09:13 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Bod
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I have saved a Normal.dotm to be used on everyone's new install of Offiice
2007 in our company. I have just noticed that the margins in that template
are set to 2 cm when I OPEN it, but when I just double click it to make a NEW
document, the margins are 2.54 cm - why?
I thought the whole point in setting up a template is to dictate the
settings for new documents based on that template!

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

It sounds like a letter template has been saved over Normal.dotm. Close
Word, find Normal.dotm, and delete it. Word will automatically create a new
one.

If you still get this behavior after deleting Normal.dotm, then check to see
if there's a copy of Normal.dot present... and if so, then delete both it
and Normal.dotm.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"sberry87" wrote in message
...
Every time i open word 2007 and create a new document it appears to open
as a
letter template. The margins are not the normal size and there is a letter
head with my name, this gets annoying i have to delete every time. can you
tell me how i can set word back to its original settings.



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Old March 28th, 2010, 11:55 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Bod
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Also when I pres Ctrl+n the paragraph format also has 10pt after, even though
in the template it's 6pt.

"Bod" wrote:

I have saved a Normal.dotm to be used on everyone's new install of Offiice
2007 in our company. I have just noticed that the margins in that template
are set to 2 cm when I OPEN it, but when I just double click it to make a NEW
document, the margins are 2.54 cm - why?
I thought the whole point in setting up a template is to dictate the
settings for new documents based on that template!

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

It sounds like a letter template has been saved over Normal.dotm. Close
Word, find Normal.dotm, and delete it. Word will automatically create a new
one.

If you still get this behavior after deleting Normal.dotm, then check to see
if there's a copy of Normal.dot present... and if so, then delete both it
and Normal.dotm.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"sberry87" wrote in message
...
Every time i open word 2007 and create a new document it appears to open
as a
letter template. The margins are not the normal size and there is a letter
head with my name, this gets annoying i have to delete every time. can you
tell me how i can set word back to its original settings.



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Old March 29th, 2010, 01:02 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
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You should not use the normal.dotm template for that purpose. Create a new
template with the required settings and distribute that.

See:

Creating a Template - The Basics (Part I)
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...platePart1.htm

Creating a Template (Part II)
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...platePart2.htm



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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"Bod" wrote in message
...
Also when I pres Ctrl+n the paragraph format also has 10pt after, even
though
in the template it's 6pt.

"Bod" wrote:

I have saved a Normal.dotm to be used on everyone's new install of
Offiice
2007 in our company. I have just noticed that the margins in that
template
are set to 2 cm when I OPEN it, but when I just double click it to make a
NEW
document, the margins are 2.54 cm - why?
I thought the whole point in setting up a template is to dictate the
settings for new documents based on that template!

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

It sounds like a letter template has been saved over Normal.dotm. Close
Word, find Normal.dotm, and delete it. Word will automatically create a
new
one.

If you still get this behavior after deleting Normal.dotm, then check
to see
if there's a copy of Normal.dot present... and if so, then delete both
it
and Normal.dotm.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"sberry87" wrote in message
...
Every time i open word 2007 and create a new document it appears to
open
as a
letter template. The margins are not the normal size and there is a
letter
head with my name, this gets annoying i have to delete every time.
can you
tell me how i can set word back to its original settings.


 




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