Normal.dot is a hidden file in the folder indicates at tools options
file locations user templates.
Set Windows explorer to display hidden files (and the extensions of files
for which the file type is known) and you should have no trouble locating
it.
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Nickyxx5 wrote:
As I said originally, I'm afraid I already tried that and it didn't
work.
Thanks for trying to help though!
Just change the margins in Page Setup and click on default, then
respond Yes to save the normal template with those margins.
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"Nickyxx5" wrote:
I want to change my default margins in Word.
I know that to do this I need to change the normal.dot template -
but I can't find it anywhere! There is no file by this name in the
location that Word Help says it should be. I have searched my
entire computer for a file of this name - the search function
cannot find one. I have also searched my entire computer for all
.dot files - I still can't find one called 'normal'.
Clearly there must be some template file somewhere that Word is
using to base my documents on, but I do not know what it is called
or where it is. The folder in which Word Help says the normal
template should be saved is completely empty.
As an alternative way of changing my margins, I opened up a new
blank document, made the page margin changes I wanted and clicked
on the "Default" option in the dialogue box. It said it had saved
my changes, but next time I opened up a new document in Word, the
margins were the same as ever and my changes had not been
registered.
So where has my normal.dot gone?
What template is Word using as its default? What is it called
(since it's not normal.dot) and where should I look for it (since
it's not saved where normal.dot should be found).
I am using Word 2003 from Office Professional Edition 2003. This
is the first time that I have tried to change anything in the
normal template, so I don't know if it used to be there and has
disappeared or got corrupted, or if there has been something funny
going on ever since I installed it.
Thanks for any help!
Nicky
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Nickyxx5