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changing the new document that comes up when you open Word
My daughter is dyslexic and would like the default document that comes up
when she clicks New, document to have a coloured background and be set to 1.5 line spacing along with some other modifications to the font. I have tried changing an altered document as normal.dot but when I reopen a document it is the original default. I have tried saving a new template called Katy.dot but still the original document comes up when I open Word. How do I get Word to open Katy.dot instead of normal.dot? Or how can I modify the normal.dot and get it to stick? Lynne |
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See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm . Lynne wrote: My daughter is dyslexic and would like the default document that comes up when she clicks New, document to have a coloured background and be set to 1.5 line spacing along with some other modifications to the font. I have tried changing an altered document as normal.dot but when I reopen a document it is the original default. I have tried saving a new template called Katy.dot but still the original document comes up when I open Word. How do I get Word to open Katy.dot instead of normal.dot? Or how can I modify the normal.dot and get it to stick? Lynne |
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Hi, Lynne:
You want to launch MS Word and use the File Open command to browse to the NORMAL.DOT file. If your computer is set up under Windows XP and has multiple user accounts, you will want to browse to the folder for your daughter. The path is like this for a computer that has multiple accounts. Yours might have one less level but should be similar. c:\Documents & Settings\Username\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates\Normal.dot When you open the Normal.dot file, make the color, line-spacing and font changes that your doaughter is requesting and then click File Save. That should do the trick for you. -- Ann Scharpf "Lynne" wrote: My daughter is dyslexic and would like the default document that comes up when she clicks New, document to have a coloured background and be set to 1.5 line spacing along with some other modifications to the font. I have tried changing an altered document as normal.dot but when I reopen a document it is the original default. I have tried saving a new template called Katy.dot but still the original document comes up when I open Word. How do I get Word to open Katy.dot instead of normal.dot? Or how can I modify the normal.dot and get it to stick? Lynne |
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Thanks for your replies. I have previously looked at this page and attempted
to do this. When I navigate to the templates folder through explorer and open normal.dot with a right click, the file opens with a coloured background. However when I go back to Word a white page opens when I click on New. I have gone into Tools, Options, file locations in Word, highlighted templates and clicked modify location but the dialogue box that shows up is blank with no files showing (even though if I navigate up the folders it appears to be the right folder). the 'modify location' dialog box does not appear to have anywhere that I could show hidden files if that is the problem |
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Hi
Please ignore the previous post as after a couple of hours of puzzling I have realised that the colored background does show but only in web layout view. Is this to be expected? Is there any way to get the coloured background to show in other views? Thank you for the help you have given me. Lynne "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote: See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm . Lynne wrote: My daughter is dyslexic and would like the default document that comes up when she clicks New, document to have a coloured background and be set to 1.5 line spacing along with some other modifications to the font. I have tried changing an altered document as normal.dot but when I reopen a document it is the original default. I have tried saving a new template called Katy.dot but still the original document comes up when I open Word. How do I get Word to open Katy.dot instead of normal.dot? Or how can I modify the normal.dot and get it to stick? Lynne |
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I assume you used the Format Background dialog to set the color.
That color should be visible in the Web, Page Layout, and Reading views, but not in the Normal or Outline views. That behavior can't be changed, but there is a different way to affect the background. It will be visible in all views, and also in all programs that use the Windows default background color. If you don't mind making that sweeping a change, here's how: Right-click a blank area of the Windows desktop and choose Properties. Click the Appearance tab. Click the Advanced button. Set the Item dropdown to say Window. Click the down arrow next to the Color 1 box to drop down the palette. You can choose a color there, or click the Other button to open the big color-picker dialog and pick any shade your computer can display. After choosing your preferred color, click OK in all dialogs. Once you've done this, you should go back to edit Normal.dot and remove the background color setting there, as it's now redundant. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:59:01 -0700, Lynne wrote: Hi Please ignore the previous post as after a couple of hours of puzzling I have realised that the colored background does show but only in web layout view. Is this to be expected? Is there any way to get the coloured background to show in other views? Thank you for the help you have given me. Lynne "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote: See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm . Lynne wrote: My daughter is dyslexic and would like the default document that comes up when she clicks New, document to have a coloured background and be set to 1.5 line spacing along with some other modifications to the font. I have tried changing an altered document as normal.dot but when I reopen a document it is the original default. I have tried saving a new template called Katy.dot but still the original document comes up when I open Word. How do I get Word to open Katy.dot instead of normal.dot? Or how can I modify the normal.dot and get it to stick? Lynne |
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Slight correction: the "background" is displayed in Web Layout and Reading
Layout views, but not in Print Layout view (at least not in Word 2003). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... I assume you used the Format Background dialog to set the color. That color should be visible in the Web, Page Layout, and Reading views, but not in the Normal or Outline views. That behavior can't be changed, but there is a different way to affect the background. It will be visible in all views, and also in all programs that use the Windows default background color. If you don't mind making that sweeping a change, here's how: Right-click a blank area of the Windows desktop and choose Properties. Click the Appearance tab. Click the Advanced button. Set the Item dropdown to say Window. Click the down arrow next to the Color 1 box to drop down the palette. You can choose a color there, or click the Other button to open the big color-picker dialog and pick any shade your computer can display. After choosing your preferred color, click OK in all dialogs. Once you've done this, you should go back to edit Normal.dot and remove the background color setting there, as it's now redundant. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:59:01 -0700, Lynne wrote: Hi Please ignore the previous post as after a couple of hours of puzzling I have realised that the colored background does show but only in web layout view. Is this to be expected? Is there any way to get the coloured background to show in other views? Thank you for the help you have given me. Lynne "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote: See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm . Lynne wrote: My daughter is dyslexic and would like the default document that comes up when she clicks New, document to have a coloured background and be set to 1.5 line spacing along with some other modifications to the font. I have tried changing an altered document as normal.dot but when I reopen a document it is the original default. I have tried saving a new template called Katy.dot but still the original document comes up when I open Word. How do I get Word to open Katy.dot instead of normal.dot? Or how can I modify the normal.dot and get it to stick? Lynne |
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You're half correct: You have to open Tools Options View and check
the box "Background colors and images (Print view only)" to get it to appear in Print Layout view. IIRC, this is turned off by default. On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 10:15:51 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Slight correction: the "background" is displayed in Web Layout and Reading Layout views, but not in Print Layout view (at least not in Word 2003). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message .. . I assume you used the Format Background dialog to set the color. That color should be visible in the Web, Page Layout, and Reading views, but not in the Normal or Outline views. That behavior can't be changed, but there is a different way to affect the background. It will be visible in all views, and also in all programs that use the Windows default background color. If you don't mind making that sweeping a change, here's how: Right-click a blank area of the Windows desktop and choose Properties. Click the Appearance tab. Click the Advanced button. Set the Item dropdown to say Window. Click the down arrow next to the Color 1 box to drop down the palette. You can choose a color there, or click the Other button to open the big color-picker dialog and pick any shade your computer can display. After choosing your preferred color, click OK in all dialogs. Once you've done this, you should go back to edit Normal.dot and remove the background color setting there, as it's now redundant. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:59:01 -0700, Lynne wrote: Hi Please ignore the previous post as after a couple of hours of puzzling I have realised that the colored background does show but only in web layout view. Is this to be expected? Is there any way to get the coloured background to show in other views? Thank you for the help you have given me. Lynne "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote: See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm . Lynne wrote: My daughter is dyslexic and would like the default document that comes up when she clicks New, document to have a coloured background and be set to 1.5 line spacing along with some other modifications to the font. I have tried changing an altered document as normal.dot but when I reopen a document it is the original default. I have tried saving a new template called Katy.dot but still the original document comes up when I open Word. How do I get Word to open Katy.dot instead of normal.dot? Or how can I modify the normal.dot and get it to stick? Lynne -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Interesting. I'd never noticed that setting (since I don't use backgrounds);
I was aware of the setting on the Print tab. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... You're half correct: You have to open Tools Options View and check the box "Background colors and images (Print view only)" to get it to appear in Print Layout view. IIRC, this is turned off by default. On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 10:15:51 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Slight correction: the "background" is displayed in Web Layout and Reading Layout views, but not in Print Layout view (at least not in Word 2003). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message .. . I assume you used the Format Background dialog to set the color. That color should be visible in the Web, Page Layout, and Reading views, but not in the Normal or Outline views. That behavior can't be changed, but there is a different way to affect the background. It will be visible in all views, and also in all programs that use the Windows default background color. If you don't mind making that sweeping a change, here's how: Right-click a blank area of the Windows desktop and choose Properties. Click the Appearance tab. Click the Advanced button. Set the Item dropdown to say Window. Click the down arrow next to the Color 1 box to drop down the palette. You can choose a color there, or click the Other button to open the big color-picker dialog and pick any shade your computer can display. After choosing your preferred color, click OK in all dialogs. Once you've done this, you should go back to edit Normal.dot and remove the background color setting there, as it's now redundant. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:59:01 -0700, Lynne wrote: Hi Please ignore the previous post as after a couple of hours of puzzling I have realised that the colored background does show but only in web layout view. Is this to be expected? Is there any way to get the coloured background to show in other views? Thank you for the help you have given me. Lynne "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote: See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm .. Lynne wrote: My daughter is dyslexic and would like the default document that comes up when she clicks New, document to have a coloured background and be set to 1.5 line spacing along with some other modifications to the font. I have tried changing an altered document as normal.dot but when I reopen a document it is the original default. I have tried saving a new template called Katy.dot but still the original document comes up when I open Word. How do I get Word to open Katy.dot instead of normal.dot? Or how can I modify the normal.dot and get it to stick? Lynne -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Many thanks to all of you who have helped me with this. Katy will be
thrilled that she can set up her computer to suit her. I really appreciate the time you have all taken to reply to my queries. Lynne "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Interesting. I'd never noticed that setting (since I don't use backgrounds); I was aware of the setting on the Print tab. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... You're half correct: You have to open Tools Options View and check the box "Background colors and images (Print view only)" to get it to appear in Print Layout view. IIRC, this is turned off by default. On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 10:15:51 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Slight correction: the "background" is displayed in Web Layout and Reading Layout views, but not in Print Layout view (at least not in Word 2003). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message .. . I assume you used the Format Background dialog to set the color. That color should be visible in the Web, Page Layout, and Reading views, but not in the Normal or Outline views. That behavior can't be changed, but there is a different way to affect the background. It will be visible in all views, and also in all programs that use the Windows default background color. If you don't mind making that sweeping a change, here's how: Right-click a blank area of the Windows desktop and choose Properties. Click the Appearance tab. Click the Advanced button. Set the Item dropdown to say Window. Click the down arrow next to the Color 1 box to drop down the palette. You can choose a color there, or click the Other button to open the big color-picker dialog and pick any shade your computer can display. After choosing your preferred color, click OK in all dialogs. Once you've done this, you should go back to edit Normal.dot and remove the background color setting there, as it's now redundant. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:59:01 -0700, Lynne wrote: Hi Please ignore the previous post as after a couple of hours of puzzling I have realised that the colored background does show but only in web layout view. Is this to be expected? Is there any way to get the coloured background to show in other views? Thank you for the help you have given me. Lynne "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote: See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm .. Lynne wrote: My daughter is dyslexic and would like the default document that comes up when she clicks New, document to have a coloured background and be set to 1.5 line spacing along with some other modifications to the font. I have tried changing an altered document as normal.dot but when I reopen a document it is the original default. I have tried saving a new template called Katy.dot but still the original document comes up when I open Word. How do I get Word to open Katy.dot instead of normal.dot? Or how can I modify the normal.dot and get it to stick? Lynne -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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