soccerchamp76

Two questions for Microsoft Office 2003:
1) In Microsoft Word, how do I set it up to have the default settings as double-spaced so I do not have to manually change it every time?
2) In Microsoft Word, how do I change the default "Open" icon to select my D:\My Documents folder instead of the default C:\DocumentsandSettings\MyDocuments folder?

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bendsley

For #2, go to Tools --> Options --> File Locations Tab. You will see File Types and Location. Click Documents (under filetypes) and hit the Modify button. You can tell it to go to the folder you want from there, and then click OK.

I'm looking for #1.

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soccerchamp76

Thanks a bunch dude!

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Brian Griffin: Ah, if my memory serves me, this is the physics department.
Chris Griffin: That would explain all the gravity.

Chamaeleontidae

Answer to #1, direction out of the MS help...

The Normal template (Normal template: A global template that you can use for any type of document. You can modify this template to change the default document formatting or content.) opens whenever you start Word, and it includes default styles, AutoText, macros, toolbars, and other customizations that determine the basic look of your document.

On the File menu, click Open, and then navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\user name\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates.

If no templates are listed in the Open dialog box, click the arrow next to the Files of type box, and then click Document Templates.

Double-click the Normal.dot file to open it. To be certain that you're working in the default template, check to see that Normal.dot appears in the Word title bar.

Make any changes you want, using the menus and dialog boxes just as you would to change default settings for a document, but remember that any changes you make to Normal.dot will be applied to documents that you create in the future.

When you have finished, on the Standard toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, click Customize on the Tools menu, and then click the Toolbars tab.), click Save .

Note If Normal.dot is renamed, damaged, or moved, Word automatically creates a new version (which uses the original default settings) the next time that you start Word. The new version will not include any customizations you made to the version that you renamed or moved.

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bendsley

Well, questions #1 and #2 have been answered. Good deal.

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"You hear the one about the fella who died, went to the pearly gates? St. Peter let him in. Sees a guy in a suit making a closing argument. Says, "Who's that?" St. Peter says, "Oh, that's God. Thinks he's Denny Crane."

soccerchamp76

Thanks a bunch, the both of you!

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Brian Griffin: Ah, if my memory serves me, this is the physics department.
Chris Griffin: That would explain all the gravity.