When you change the default margins (or anything else) in Page Setup, these
become the defaults for all new documents based on Normal.dot (see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm). You
can still change them for individual documents as desired. Ordinarily,
changing the settings, clicking Default..., and answering yes is all that is
required. The extra steps Graham describes are necessary only to ensure that
Normal.dot is actually saved if you have an add-in (such as the Acrobat one)
that is preventing it from being saved normally.

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"jack 1" wrote in message
...
Garfield, Many thanks for your info. I can see the "manual" setup -
shift -
and get to "save all" but will this "margin-page setup" then automatically
be my "default" setting in Word in the future? -- and if so. will any
future
margin changes override the current "save all" - or do they all get stored
and I have to choose each time?
Jack 1 /

"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:

Is Adobe Acrobat 7.0 installed on the computer? If yes, then the
Acrobat 7.0 Create Adobe PDF toolbar add-in for Word prevents
Word from automatically saving changes to the normal.dot template
(which is where page setup settings are stored). See
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/331259.html for several
solutions to the problem.

jack 1 wrote:

ROUTINE: to page setup - margin settings - A4 paper - all margins
revised to
0.5" - apply to all future papers - default - notice "will apply to
all in
future."

However, next time Word doc is called up, margins reverts to original
setting, e.g. 1.0" right; 1.25" left; 1.0" bottom and top.

I must now go through the Page Setup routine everytime I pull Word.