In Microsoft Word, you can customize the default document that opens when you open the program by editing the normal template -- called Normal.dotm -- file. This file contains the default styles and ...

Microsoft Word can keep you up all night, and not only because you’ve got writer’s block. You change the font, and Word changes it back. The columns don’t line up. The program freezes up, taking your ...

Q: Your July 5 column discussed two changes to make to Microsoft Word defaults as soon as it is installed. Do you have more than two? A: There are some changes to ...

Valerie Pike set up Microsoft Word the way she liked it. Then, suddenly, everything went back to the default settings. Can she get her old settings back? Or at least protect them in the future?