
Please note that neither normal.dot nor normal.dotm can be deleted if any Word documents are open.

Or you can right-click them and choose DELETE on the popup menu. Alternatively, you can select them and click the toolbar's red

When all the files have appeared they can be deleted by left-clicking them and pressing your DELETE key. Normal.dot, so wait till the search has finished before deleting anything. It's not uncommon to find multiple copies of (usually Local Disk C:) rather than to an individual folder,
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For most users this isn't a big deal because they probably didn't change all that many settings to begin with. Of course you must realize that deleting this file will undo all your special settings and that they'll have to be reset. Therefore, if Word gets to the point where various kinds of error messages begin to appear the easiest fix is to delete normal.dot. If normal.dot is deleted, the next time you launch Word it will look for the file, and when it can't be found Word will recreate the file in its original default condition. (In Word 2007 and Word 2010 this file is called normal.dotm.) Every time you make a change to Word's settings, such as changing the default font ( Times New Roman) to a different one the change is stored in normal.dot so that your preferred alphabet will come up each time you open Word in the future. One of the fundamentals of Word is that all its main settings are in a file named normal.dot.
#Reset word normal template 2007 software
However, my job is to help people learn to use the software they have, so I concentrate on the programs most people use. Many argue that WordPerfect is better, but I don't use either anymore.

In Word 2010 or a later version, display the File tab of the ribbon and then click Options.) (In Word 2007 click the Office button and then click Word Options. If you want Word to notify you when it is about to save the Normal template, follow these steps: Why? In case there were some changes done without your explicit action-for instance, by running a macro. As you make changes to these settings, Word marks the Normal template as "dirty" so that it will be saved when you exit the program.īy default, Word saves the Normal template without any notification to you. This template is used to help create new, blank documents and to define some of the system-wide settings used by Word. Many of Word's configuration settings are stored in the Normal template.
