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Mac Forum / Applications / Word / March 2006Resetting Word stlyes to original defaults
Please help. I have changed Normal and some other styles, and now I just want to revert all styles to square one and start over. I can't find where to reset all styles to original defaults. No matter what I try (deleting pref files, reinstalling Office 2004, etc.) my Normal style still shows the font I changed it to. What am I missing? How can I reset all styles in Word 2004? > Please help. I have changed Normal and some other styles, and now I just want > to revert all styles to square one and start over. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > What am I missing? How can I reset all styles in Word 2004? The answer depends on where and how and what you changed, and what else you are prepared to sacrifice to get back to square one. Your styles are held in templates. If you have never actually created and used a template, then they will be held in the default template, called "Normal". Note that, even though "Normal" uses the same six letters in the same order, it has nothing to do with the style called "Normal". Except that is where Normal style hides if you have have not given it another home. The Normal template may be found in ~/Documents/Microsoft User Data/ It also holds stuff like your favourite autocorrect entries, so do the next step with caution. Quit Word, Rename Normal to something like "Old broken normal". Restart Word. That's it. If the cure is worse than the disease, quit Word, delete the brand new Normal it just made all by itself, and restore the "Old broken normal" to "Normal" If you have a gazillion user templates already, then you will know that this advice is not for you. Defining your everyday styles and templates so they do not depend on either the Normal template, or Normal style is highly recommended. On the other hand, the style names Heading 1... Heading 9 are worth keeping if you ever want a document to have a table of contents. Styles are right at the heart of getting the best out of Word. It is well worth spending a little effort on learning how. http://word.mvps.org/Mac/Bend/BendWordToYourWill.html is where to start.  SignatureTo de-mung my e-mail address:- fsnospam$elliott$$ PGP Fingerprint: 1A96 3CF7 637F 896B C810 E199 7E5C A9E4 8E59 E248 Thanks Elliott! Renaming/removing the Normal template file did the trick. > > Please help. I have changed Normal and some other styles, and now I just want > > to revert all styles to square one and start over. [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > http://word.mvps.org/Mac/Bend/BendWordToYourWill.html > is where to start. Before deleting the 'old' Normal you can retrieve stuff [such as custom toolbars, Styles you may want to retain (some may have to be renamed if they are modified versions of the originals), Macros & AutoText*] from it into your new Normal using the Organizer. *I believe this is what Elliott was referring to. As I understand it, AutoCorrect items are stored in a separate ACL file rather than Normal. HTH |:>) You can just delete the Normal-template. There should be no havoc in any case, cause it just resets the Word to factory-settings. On 30.3.2006 18:42, in article 271B8115-2515-4692-AED7-C02B61BD613F@microsoft.com, "Mark Millard" <Mark Millard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > Please help. I have changed Normal and some other styles, and now I just want > to revert all styles to square one and start over. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > What am I missing? How can I reset all styles in Word 2004? ...Except that you *lose* any customizations stored in the original Normal as detailed in my reply to Mark. That can be a severe shock to one's system if there is any amount that you rely on, & that constitutes 'havoc' for me :-) Regards |:>) |
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