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Default Word won't maintain default settings I set for all new documen

This system has new motherboard, RAM, processor, video graphics card, and
hard drive. Nothing was installed on it, which includes older versions of
anything. Still haven't installed any add-ins. Word opens correctly with my
saved font choice ONLY when I open Normal.dotm. Otherwise, it keeps going
back to the default in existing documents and new ones. Strange.

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

If you are sure that no add-in has been installed, try renaming the Normal
template (with Word closed). If older versions of Word exists on the
machine, you should rename both normal.dotm and normal.dot.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Cytrog" wrote in message
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I'm having the same problem in standalone 2007. Just installed it on a
fresh
Win7 install and haven't installed any add-ins in any apps yet. Only the
Win7 and Office 2007 updates have been installed. Something isn't right.

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

If an application installed the add-in, you can sometimes uninstall it
via
that same application. If the application doesn't offer that possibility,
you can uninstall add-ins manually, by moving them out of the Startup
folder
(in your user profile).

COM add-ins can be disabled via Office button | Word Options, Add-Ins
category; in the Manage box, choose "COM Add-ins," and then click Go.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
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If you are on a corporate network you might be prevented to make font
changes. Talk to the administrator.

On the other hand, if you are using a stand-alone (or home) computer,
you
may have installed a poorly designed add-in which doesn't allow you to
save to the Normal template. A work-around that you can use is the
following: Open the Normal template as a file (in the Open dialog box,
click Trusted Templates, select Normal, and click Open) and make the
font
changes directly to the Normal style. Save and close the file.

A long-term solution is to uninstall the add-in.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Diane@CRUE" wrote in message
news I have set the default settings in Home - Font for my default font and
in
Page Layout-Page Set Up for my margin settings. I selected 'Yes' so
the
default will pertain to all new documents. The defaults don't stay.
Opening/starting a new document goes back to the original settings
when
my
computer was set up with Microsoft Word 2007. How can I keep my new
default
settings for all future documents?





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