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Changing Normal Template in Word 2010

I'm running Word 2010 and want to change my normal template but everything I've tried doesn't work.  I specifically don't like the double spacing of llines.  I had it set correctly but a computer glitch caused the normal to reset to the orginal version, and now I can't figure out how to change it back.  I've tried changing it, setting it as default and saving it as a template, but nothing works.  I'm fustrated.  HELP!!!

How did you change the defaults, exactly? You should be able to do the following: In the Styles pane (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S), click the Manage Styles icon; in the dialog box, click the Set Defaults tab. Specifically, to remove all extra spacing between lines, set the Spacing Before and After to zero and set the Line Spacing to "Single." Select "New documents based on this template" before clicking OK.

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Templates are in the LocalDisk(C:) – Users – Drew – AppData – Roaming – Microsoft – Templates

The way I finally was able to do this was to go to the above folder, right click on the Normal template document, open it, change to no spacing and click save. 

I first had to make sure the normal template file was not hidden.

I kept trying to do it the way you suggested, but using the drop down menus, but that didn't seem to work.  My documents would still open with the double spaced lines which is the normal style setting.  

I've got it working now, even if I had to go in through the back door!!! :>)  

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Editing the Normal template is what you have to try next, if the normal methods fail. However, after you opened the template, you did make sure to actually change the defaults (as opposed to just reformatting the blank paragraph in the file)?

The underlying cause of your troubles is likely to be a poorly designed add-in preventing you from saving the Normal template correctly. For troubleshooting, take a look at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/921541/en-us/.
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Clicking through to the Manage Styles icon and following through did the trick for me.  This will really help me in my work, thanks.  
I am really getting into how useful this site is!

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Clicking through to the Manage Styles icon and following through did the trick for me.  This will really help me in my work, thanks.  



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Last updated March 23, 2023 Views 2,221 Applies to: