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Part I ✦ The Fundamentals
If you make changes to the Normal.dot template that you later regret, you can change back
to the default Normal.dot template by deleting the Normal.dot file. You can find out where
this file is located by choosing Tools ➪ Options, clicking the File Locations tab, and then look-
ing at what’s listed beside the User Templates entry. After you delete Normal.dot, Word auto-
matically creates a new Normal.dot the next time you start the program.
Table 1-6: Word’s Normal Template (Normal.dot) Default Settings
Option Default Setting
Paper size Letter (8
1
⁄2 x11 inches)
Left and right margins 1.25 inches
Top and bottom document margins 1 inch
Line spacing Single
Justification Align left
Tabs 0.5-inch
Font Times New Roman
Point size 12 points
View Normal
Starting a new document with a template
Word includes several preconstructed templates for creating documents such as letters,
resumes, memos, and so on. To create a new document and select one of Word’s templates,
choose File ➪ New; the New Document task pane opens (see Figure 1-16). You have a variety
of options in this pane—you can select the default Blank document, a default Web document,
an XML document, and so on.
Notice the On My Computer link? Click this to open the Templates dialog box, which includes
tabs organizing the templates and wizards by document type: Legal Pleadings, Letters and
Faxes, Memos, and so on. As you click the tabs in the Templates dialog box, note the variety
of templates available in Word. You can preview a template by clicking the icon, which (in
most cases) then displays the template layout in the Preview area.
Select a tab for the type of document you want, and then choose a template or wizard icon
from the list. Make sure the Document radio button in the lower-right corner is selected, and
click OK. Word then displays either the new document with the specified template’s layout
and formatting or the wizard’s on-screen instructions for creating the document.
Using wizards to create a document
Wizards are easy-to-use programs supplied with Word that enable you to create documents
by answering a series of questions. Icons for wizard files appear with a wand in the New dialog
box. Word provides a collection of wizards for automatically creating letters, memos, resumes,
newsletters, and other common documents. Wizards use templates and include step-by-step
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