#HOW DO I CHANGE WORD DEFAULT SETTINGS HOW TO#

Wow, great job staying with it and getting the answers. I have the same problem with trying to set a default font….JT: I moved your question to a new page so I could answer it in full. It’s such a simple fix, but Microsoft doesn’t DO “simple.”

Numerous tries at finding the info on Microsoft’s site were (of course) fruitless. I’ve been trying to get rid of that damn extra line after paragraphs for a year… always had to change the formatting for each new Word 2010 doc I opened. If the fix does not work, there is a link listed on that page for contacting Microsoft Technical Support. Follow this link to the article, then click the Microsoft Fix It button. The fix changes the spacing back to the Word 2003 default. I found a fix in the Microsoft Knowledge Base files for the paragraph spacing issue in Word 2007. Microsoft Technical Support Fix for Word 2007 Paragraph Spacing The “x” just would not stay in the “Don’t add space between paragraphs of the same style” box, no matter how or in what order I checked the default box. I tried the original solution several times, but I could not make it work either. Your workaround solved the problem I was having with the extra space added after paragraphs. Click Default to save the change to your default Microsoft Word template.CAUTION: You have to decide if this is the best solution for your situation…this may cause a ripple effect if you have other paragraph styles based on this particular style. It is a clunky way to do it, but this may work for you:Right above where you select Don’t add space between paragraphs of the same style, set the Before and After Spacing to 0pt. I’ll post my findings here.In the meantime, here is a workaround. I’ll need to do some research on the Microsoft Knowledge Base to see if I can find some answers. Yes, I was able to recreate your problem. Is this possible? I have to go in and check that every time I open a new document. I checked “don’t add space between paragraphs of the same style”, but it will not save that setting. I followed these instructions to change the default paragraph formatting. Please add to the discussion using the comment box at the end of the page.) (These comments are from a previous commenting system. Once the new style is saved, every paragraph that is marked with that style is changed to the new settings.

Make the desired paragraph formatting changes, then click OK.

(Note: this option may not be available for the default Normal paragraph style.)

In the Styles list, highlight the style name, then click the down arrow.

On the Home tab in the Styles group, open the Styles window by clicking the launcher.

Place the cursor in the paragraph you want to change.

To change paragraph formatting for an already existing document, you have to change the paragraph style, then apply it to the whole document. Change paragraph formatting for an existing document I like to set my default template to contain the paragraph formatting I use for most documents, then change the style in individual documents, if needed. Just remember that the default template styles can be overridden when creating new styles for a particular document. Note: changing the default template does not change styles for previously created documents. Those changes become the default setting for all new documents based on that template until you change them again. When you click the Default button, all settings in the Paragraph dialog box are saved to the Normal.dotm template, which is the default template in Word 2007.

Change the paragraph indentation and line spacing settings as desired.

On the Home tab in the Paragraph group, click the launcher to open the Paragraph dialog box.

To save changes to the default Word 2007 template, follow these steps: Change paragraph formatting for the default template

#HOW DO I CHANGE WORD DEFAULT SETTINGS HOW TO#

Changing the template does not change already existing documents, so instructions for how to apply the paragraph formatting to all paragraphs in a document you already created are included. To make your paragraph formatting changes permanent and available for any file, you need to save the change to the Normal.dotm template.

How do i change word default settings