[Frank Martin]

I want to reset the 'normal' template to default to "Times
New Roman" 10point font, and the pages numbered centre top.

This seems to work when I set and reopen Word2003 from the
Administrator Template vis:
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application
Data\Microsoft\Templates.

But it will not work when I open Word2003 normally from the
desktop.

I have deleted the "Normal.dot" from the following and
copied in the "Normal.dot" from the Administrator above:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\Microsoft\Templates.
C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Application
Data\Microsoft\Templates.
C:\Documents and Settings\Frank\Application
Data\Microsoft\Templates.

All to no avail.

Can anyone explain, simply as to a 5 yo, how to change the
template settings?

Desperate, Frank