Changing the default startup document

How do you change the default startup document. I have tried opening
a blank document, setting the font, margins, layout etc. the way I want
and then saving as Doc1.dot and Document1.dot in the STARTUP folder,
but no go with either.

I also tried changing the settings under Tools>Options>File Locations
but I still endup with the old default starting document.

Can somebody please point me in the right direction?

Thanks
Gus

garfield-n-odie
Tue Dec 12 04:06:08 CST 2006

See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CustomizeNormalTemplate.htm .

Gus wrote:
> How do you change the default startup document. I have tried opening
> a blank document, setting the font, margins, layout etc. the way I want
> and then saving as Doc1.dot and Document1.dot in the STARTUP folder,
> but no go with either.
>
> I also tried changing the settings under Tools>Options>File Locations
> but I still endup with the old default starting document.
>
> Can somebody please point me in the right direction?
>
> Thanks
> Gus
>
>

macropod
Tue Dec 12 04:12:29 CST 2006

Hi Gus,

Word's default template is named 'Normal.dot'. If you open that (File|Open>Files of type: Document Templates) and set its parameters
to what you want, then you'll have the desired default layout & structure.

Cheers

--
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]


"Gus" <mtmw@hotmail.invalid> wrote in message news:uRcAzBdHHHA.3540@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
| How do you change the default startup document. I have tried opening
| a blank document, setting the font, margins, layout etc. the way I want
| and then saving as Doc1.dot and Document1.dot in the STARTUP folder,
| but no go with either.
|
| I also tried changing the settings under Tools>Options>File Locations
| but I still endup with the old default starting document.
|
| Can somebody please point me in the right direction?
|
| Thanks
| Gus
|
|

Gus
Tue Dec 12 05:40:12 CST 2006

Thanks to you both. Works perfect!

Regards
Gus