[swiss dave]

i am in the process of setting up my 'normal' word sheet (the one that pops
up when i click on file:new). i've managed to get the paper size to 'a4' from
'letter', to change margins and the font.
i am now stuck at trying to adjust the 2 tabs (centre and right) that come
by default in the header and footer. i can't seem to have them permanently
set according to the new margins. every new word sheet i open, they're back
where they were originally.
is there a way i can set a new default for the original 2 header and footer
tabs?

cheers

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You need to change the tabs in the Header and Footer styles and save the
changes to Normal.dot ("Add to template"). See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm

This is the *only* safe way to make these changes: if you open Normal.dot,
View | Header and Footer, and make any changes to the header or footer, you
will end up with an empty paragraph in the header and footer that will take
up space and mess up labels. Only if the header and footer are never touched
directly do they remain "empty" and invisible.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"swiss dave" swiss wrote in message
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i am in the process of setting up my 'normal' word sheet (the one that
pops
up when i click on file:new). i've managed to get the paper size to 'a4'
from
'letter', to change margins and the font.
i am now stuck at trying to adjust the 2 tabs (centre and right) that come
by default in the header and footer. i can't seem to have them permanently
set according to the new margins. every new word sheet i open, they're
back
where they were originally.
is there a way i can set a new default for the original 2 header and
footer
tabs?

cheers