I created a new template (doc.dot) and used Organizer to link my new
documents to it, but I still get Normal as the default when I create a new
doc.

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

This is controlled by whatever template is used to create the new document.
By default, that's Normal.dot. You could accomplish what you want by editing
Normal.dot directly and changing the style of the default paragraph mark to
something other than Normal.

Or, you could create a new template and give its default paragraph mark that
desired alternative style. Then, use that template whenever you want a
document that defaults to the non-Normal style.

You might want to go to Word's Help section and read up a bit on templates
and styles to make sure of what you want to do and the various ways to
accomplish it. I hope this helps some.

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"thomas.zachman" wrote in message
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When I create a new document, the style defaults to "normal". I would like
it
to default to a user defined style. Anyone know how to do this?