JMAO said:
How does one reset to the default factory/original setting for
Microsoft Word 2007?
Is there a particular setting or group of settings you're concerned about?
Word (and Office in general) stores settings in many different places: some
in the Normal.dotm template, some in the registry, some in various other
templates (the Quick Access Toolbar and the Building Blocks) and other files
(AutoCorrect, dictionary additions). There may also be add-ins that change
various settings or behavior. Some settings are shared with other Office
programs, which can reflect changes back into Word.
If there are specific things you want to restore, you may be able to do it
by simply renaming the Normal.dotm template and restarting Word (which
causes Word to build a new one from its defaults) or by going into the
Options dialog and putting the settings back to the defaults. For a complete
restoration, though, you may have to uninstall Word, manually remove all
templates and add-ins (since uninstalling doesn't touch anything that has
been changed after the original installation), and reinstall from the
beginning.
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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