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How do I change the default tab setting in MS Word 2000?

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by nepenthe0

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Whenever I create a new MS Word document, the default tab setting is 0.5", but my preferred tab setting is 0.1"

Is there a way to modify the default tab setting so that a new MS Word document appears with 0.1" tab setting?

Rick/Portland, OR

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by ic-it

That you can set your preferences and then save it as Normal.dot

by nepenthe0

Alas, modifying the template fails to change the default tab setting. Hence my query.

Thanks anyway.

Rick/Portland, OR

by nepenthe0

Thanks. This has been an annoyance for 7 years. The Microsoft knowledge base article is inaccurate, but you pointed me in the right direction.

I searched 'Commands'and clicked 'New...' which opened a templates folder. The 'normal' document appears as 'Blank Document'. Opening the 'Blank Document', I reset the Tab parameter, and saved the document by overwriting the original. Hardly straightforward, but successful.

I owe you big time. If there is anything I can do to reciprocate, do not hesitate to contact me - my knowledge base includes medicine, law, piano tuning, Jeep repairs, and thrashing Windows XP...

Rick

Richard M. Brown, MD/JD ('Rick')

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