T hen navigate to the Templates folder mentioned above. In Word go to File | Open, not the modern pane Open but the ‘real’ File | Open dialog from years past under ‘Other locations’ Browse.Ĭhange the File Type (bottom right) to ‘All Word Templates’ Normal.dotm is tucked away from regular documents atĬ:\Users\ \AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates Whenever you see a ‘Set as Default’ button in Word, it’s really saying ‘Change Normal. Starting Paper Size, Fonts, M argins, T abs, Styles and a lot more. docm is where Word stores all it’s default document settings.
The second way to change default paper size, or any document default, is to open the Normal. Click Yes, and next time you start a new Word document, it will have A4 set as its paper size. You will then see a message asking you to confirm. Then click the Set as Default button at the bottom, and click OK. (You may have to scroll down to find the size you want. Now we select A4 under the Paper Size dropdown at the top. This will open the Page Setup dialog, which should open on the Paper tab. We start out just as we did to change the paper size for one document, Layout | Size except this time we select More Paper Sizes at the bottom of the dropdown. Only new documentsĮxisting documents will not be affected, so if you want to change any documents you have already created, you will need to go back and change those documents individually. There’s nothing stopping you changing that default between Letter and A4 or some other paper size (Legal?). In the US it’s Letter Size (8.5” x 11” / 21.59 x 27.94cm ), but in most of the world it’s the metric A4 paper (8.27” x 11.69” / 21 x 29.7cm ). So I want to change my default paper size to A4.
RETURN WORD DEFAULT SETTINGS WINDOWS
The default paper size in Word depend s on the Windows regional settings when Office was originally installed. This will change the paper size when you choose New | Blank document and many other Word templates. They haven’t changed for many years because the fundamentals haven’t changed since the very first Word for Windows. There are two ways to change the default or opening paper size for Word documents.