There have been changes to our customers' document layout and they wish to
adopt a new set of templates as the default.
How do we replace normal.dot? Or how can we get Word to start with another
template?

You do _not_ want to replace normal.dot or put text in normal.dot.

You can create a shortcut to your custom template and put it on the desktop
and in the start menu. You can use that to launch Word with that particular
template. See http://addbalance.com/word/templatesmenu.htm for more ideas.
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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There have been changes to our customers' document layout and they wish to
adopt a new set of templates as the default.
How do we replace normal.dot? Or how can we get Word to start with another
template?