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This article explains how Microsoft Word searches for its global template (Normal.dot). The Normal.dot template behaves differently from your other "custom" templates, and Word searches for it differently from the way it does in earlier versions of Word. MORE INFORMATIONWhen you click New on the File menu, the templates listed in the New dialog box are a combination of the templates found in the following folders. Windows 95/98
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates\1033 C:\<Windows_Folder>\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates <Not set by default> Windows 95/98 with Profiles Enabled or Windows NT 4.0
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates\1033 C:\<Windows_Folder>\Application Data\Profiles\<UserName>\Microsoft\Templates <Not set by default> If Word Is Installed on Your System as "Run from My Computer" or "Run All from My Computer"In the New dialog box, Word lists the Normal.dot file on the General tab as Blank Document. The global template (Normal.dot) can be located in any of the following folders (in the order listed) and Word will find and use it:Windows 95/98
C:\<Windows_Folder>\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office <Not set by default> Windows 95/98 with Profiles Enabled and Windows NT 4.0
C:\<Windows_Folder>\Application Data\Profiles\<UserName>\Microsoft\Templates C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office <Not set by default> Word searches for Normal.dot in the order that the folders are listed. This means that Word searches for Normal.dot in the following order when Word is installed on your system as "Run from My Computer" or "Run all from My Computer":
If Word Is Installed on Your System as "Run from Network" or "Run All from Network"In the New dialog box, Word lists the Normal.dot file on the General tab as Blank Document. The global template (Normal.dot) can be located in any of the following folders (in the order listed) and Word will find and use it:Windows 95/98
<Drive>:\<Server_Folder>\PFiles\MSOffice\Office C:\<Windows_Folder>\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates <Not set by default> Windows 95/98 with Profiles Enabled and Windows NT 4.0
<Drive>:\<Server_Folder>\PFiles\MSOffice\Office C:\<Windows_Folder>\Application Data\Profiles\<UserName>\Microsoft\Templates <Not set by default> Word searches for Normal.dot in the order that the folders are listed. This means that Word searches for Normal.dot in the following order when Word is installed on your system as "Run from Network" or "Run all from Network":
How to Change the User and Workgroup Templates PathYou can change the User Templates and the Workgroup Templates location from their default folders to the folders you want to use. To do this, click Options on the Tools menu, and then click to select the File Locations tab.REFERENCESFor more information about Word templates, click Microsoft Word Help on the
Help menu, type overview of templates in the Office Assistant or
the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic. Additional query words: READ ONLY
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