Word 2007 - Default Template

[Guest]

How do you create a default document template to include a header and footer.
In Word 2003 that was done through editing the normal.dot. Searched help
and can't find it.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It is a seriously bad idea to add a header or footer to Normal.dot, but I
can't imagine this is done any differently in Word 2007, which I assume
still has a Normal.dot.

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[Patrick Schmid]

In Word 2007, the file is called Normal.dotm (Word 2007 macro-enabled
template is the file format).
It should be in Documents and Settings\Username\Application
Data\Microsoft\Templates
If you upgraded from 2003, Word should have converted your normal.dot
into its normal.dotm.
If it didn't, put your normal.dot in that directory and delete the
existing normal.dotm (while Word is closed). That should force Word to
upgrade your normal.dot

Patrick Schmid

 

[Guest]

Thanks. I will try in the morning.

In Word 2007, the file is called Normal.dotm (Word 2007 macro-enabled
template is the file format).
It should be in Documents and Settings\Username\Application
Data\Microsoft\Templates
If you upgraded from 2003, Word should have converted your normal.dot
into its normal.dotm.
If it didn't, put your normal.dot in that directory and delete the
existing normal.dotm (while Word is closed). That should force Word to
upgrade your normal.dot

Patrick Schmid

 

[Guest]

thanks for a real answer. very helpful. as apposed to:

shame the one with the question and make assumptions.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

You would be well advised to create a new template for use when you want a
header and footer to appear in it automatically.

Unexpected (actually not unexpected when you realise why it is happening)
things may happen with labels if you have a header or footer in the normal
template.

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[Graham Mayor]

While Word 2007 does not use the same normal.dot template as earlier
versions, is remains a seriously bad idea to add headers/footers to the
replacement normal.dotm default template. As Doug suggests it will make it
impossible to create labels correctly using the label tool. I would echo
Doug's recommendation to use separate templates for documents that require
header/footer information.

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