How do I get Word to default to justify for letters?

[Canalia]

I want to always open word with the text justfied rather that left-aligned,
but can't find a way of creating this default? Any ideas?

 

[Graham Mayor]

Create a paragraph style with the text justified.
Open the normal template
Apply the newly created style to the cursor position.
Type a character.
Delete it.
Save the normal template.
New documents based on the normal template will open with the new style at
the cursor.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CustomizeNormalTemplate.htm

I would strongly suggest that you NOT format the Normal style as justified.
Instead, modify Body Text and apply that style to default empty paragraph in
Normal.dot.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org