Quick way to find Word template file Normal.dot

When you use Word for a long time on a computer, you save a large number of custom styles, shortcuts, macros, and so on in the default template (Normal.dot). If you switch to another computer to use Word, you can copy the template file to the new machine, and you can make word conform to your operating habits.

That's the problem, where is this Normal.dot template file? Different versions of the Windows operating system, such as Windows 98 and Windows XP, will also be located differently. Do not worry, use the method described below, you can quickly pull it out.

For example, in the Chinese version of Word 2003, the steps are as follows:

1. Start Word, select menu command Tools | options, and open the Options dialog box.

2. In the Options dialog box, click the File Location tab, and then click User Templates, as shown in Figure 1, and then click the Modify button.

Figure 1

3. In the Modify Location dialog box, you open the folder where the template is located, except that you want to modify the folder so that the template file cannot be manipulated. Even so, there is still a way. Click Tools at the top right of the dialog box and choose Properties from the pop-up menu, as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2

4. In the Templates Properties dialog box, we can see that there is a "location" on the General tab, with the full path to the template folder on the right, as shown in Figure 3. We can use the mouse to select all the path text to the right of "position" and then press CTRL + C to copy it.

Figure 3

5. Open Windows Explorer, and then paste the path you just copied (Ctrl + V) in the Address bar, press ENTER, and then open the folder as shown in Figure 4, which has the Templates folder.

Figure 4

6. Double-click the Templates folder in Figure 4 to see the Normal.dot template file, as shown in Figure 5.

Figure 5