Microsoft Word Setting the Normal Template Tutorial

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About This Tutorial

This tutorial guides you through setting the Microsoft Word Normal Template which is the file on which all new Word documents are based. You can access this tutorial in 3 formats:

  • View the Tutorial on this page:
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  • View the HTML Mini Site for this Tutorial:
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  • Download a PDF version of this Tutorial:
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For more information about Microsoft Word see the Microsoft Office page on this wiki.

Setting the Normal Template

New Document

Open a new MS Word document.

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Select Style

Select Format > Style from the menu to load the Style Dialog.

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Set Style

Set the Normal, Headings, Header, Footer and any custom Styles to your tastes and Apply.

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Test Styles

Try out your new Styles and edit until their perfect.

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Delete Content

Then, delete all the content from the file and set the remaining paragraph mark to Normal' style.


Note: If you have text which you always include in every document, such as a custom header or footer, then leave this is the template.

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Save Template

Select File > Save As from the menu.

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Name

Set the document name to Normal

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Format

Set the document Format to Document Template.

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Remove File Extension

Untick the Append file extension box.

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Where

So it's easy to find, save the file to your Desktop.

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Save

Click Save.

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Quit

You now need to quit Microsoft Word in order to reset the Normal template.

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Open Template Folder

Open the folder Applications/Microsoft Office 2001/Templates/.

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Replace Normal Template

Drag the new file Normal from your desktop to replace the old version in your Microsoft Templates folder.


Note: Just to be safe, you Should make a backup copy of your Normal template before you overwrite it with the new one.

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Replace

When prompted select Replace.


Hint: Save a copy of your new Normal template for future reference as this file is constantly being overwritten and therefore may become corrupt over time.

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Relaunch Word

Relaunch Word and when you open a new document it will be based on your updated template.

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All Done

That's it. You should now have a new Microsoft Word Normal Template installed.


Tutorial produced by Dan Salmon of Fishcakes Media. August 2007.

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