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Word 2003 page setup defaults
I operate in Windows XP and use Word 2003
My blank document paper size default is Letter (8.5x11in), presumably this is the normal.dot template paper size, and I want to change it to A4. Is it possible to do this? Everything tried thus far has been unsuccessful. I first tried with new blank document choosing File - Page Setup - Paper Size then selecting A4 from the drop-down menu, clicking Default button, and answering Yes. This paper size retained in that session of Word, but after closing and reopening Word paper size is back to Letter (8.5x11in). Secondly located normal.dot in Windows Explorer (C:\Docs & Settings\User\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates) and right click opened it from there, then performed procedure as above, then Save. Close Word and reopen. Paper size of blank new doc was back at Letter (8.5x11in). Where am I going wrong, or is it just not possible to change default paper size for all new blank documents, ie, change the paper size of normal.dot? Do I need to create a new template named, say, A4template.dot and set that as my default? Have incidentally tried deleting normal.dot so that Word would create a fresh version after shut-down and re-opening, but there is no sign of a recreated normal.dot in c:\ ..........................\Templates. However, the same 8.5x11in blank document appears as soon as Word is opened. |
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What you are doing *should* work. The fact that it doesn't suggests that (if
you are on a corporate network), your Normal.dot is being "refreshed" at startup (though that should only be at Windows bootup, not Word startup, so I'm not sure about that explanation). Another possibility is that (a) the first technique didn't work because you have an add-in (such as Acrobat) that is preventing Normal.dot from being saved, and (b) the second technique didn't work because you opened and modified the wrong Normal.dot. But all of that is really a long shot. In any case, what *might* work is to open the printer Properties for your Windows default printer and select A4 there. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "KenE" wrote in message ... I operate in Windows XP and use Word 2003 My blank document paper size default is Letter (8.5x11in), presumably this is the normal.dot template paper size, and I want to change it to A4. Is it possible to do this? Everything tried thus far has been unsuccessful. I first tried with new blank document choosing File - Page Setup - Paper Size then selecting A4 from the drop-down menu, clicking Default button, and answering Yes. This paper size retained in that session of Word, but after closing and reopening Word paper size is back to Letter (8.5x11in). Secondly located normal.dot in Windows Explorer (C:\Docs & Settings\User\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates) and right click opened it from there, then performed procedure as above, then Save. Close Word and reopen. Paper size of blank new doc was back at Letter (8.5x11in). Where am I going wrong, or is it just not possible to change default paper size for all new blank documents, ie, change the paper size of normal.dot? Do I need to create a new template named, say, A4template.dot and set that as my default? Have incidentally tried deleting normal.dot so that Word would create a fresh version after shut-down and re-opening, but there is no sign of a recreated normal.dot in c:\ ..........................\Templates. However, the same 8.5x11in blank document appears as soon as Word is opened. |
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Word 2003 page setup defaults
Look in Tools, Options File Locations to see where the User Templates are
located. That is where normal.dot should be located. Make sure that you have hidden files and folders enabled in Windows Explorer options otherwise you may not see normal.dot. Are you able to locate it now? Also make sure that in the Word Startup folder that no one has placed a normal.dot in there. -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "KenE" wrote in message ... I operate in Windows XP and use Word 2003 My blank document paper size default is Letter (8.5x11in), presumably this is the normal.dot template paper size, and I want to change it to A4. Is it possible to do this? Everything tried thus far has been unsuccessful. I first tried with new blank document choosing File - Page Setup - Paper Size then selecting A4 from the drop-down menu, clicking Default button, and answering Yes. This paper size retained in that session of Word, but after closing and reopening Word paper size is back to Letter (8.5x11in). Secondly located normal.dot in Windows Explorer (C:\Docs & Settings\User\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates) and right click opened it from there, then performed procedure as above, then Save. Close Word and reopen. Paper size of blank new doc was back at Letter (8.5x11in). Where am I going wrong, or is it just not possible to change default paper size for all new blank documents, ie, change the paper size of normal.dot? Do I need to create a new template named, say, A4template.dot and set that as my default? Have incidentally tried deleting normal.dot so that Word would create a fresh version after shut-down and re-opening, but there is no sign of a recreated normal.dot in c:\ ..........................\Templates. However, the same 8.5x11in blank document appears as soon as Word is opened. |
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