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I have been able to change the default font to what I want, and the default margins, but cannot find a way to change the default style. I want to have it default to "No Spacing" instead of "Normal".
Note: I edited this on 9/27/11 to put "Normal" instead of "Paragraph", which I had erroneously put in originally.
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That setting doesn't ring a bell. Where do you set it?
When all else fails to change a default, I suggest opening the template for edting, NORMAL.DOTM is the default, and make changes there.
You can modify the Normal style (which is applied to the empty paragraph in the Normal template) as follows: Create a new, blank document, for example by pressing Ctrl+N. On the Home tab, click the dialog launcher button (the little arrow on the bottom right) of the Paragraph group. Change the Spacing Before and After to zero. Click the Set As Default button. If/when you are prompted to save the Normal template, choose to do so.
Thanks for the reply. Making the change in NORMAL.DOTM did what I wanted.
Thanks for the reply. I was able to do what I wanted by changing NORMAL.DOTM.
OK, thank you for the follow-up. Would you mind telling us what you changed, exactly?