Change Office Word default paper size

#1 mridang_agarwal

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Posted 23 September 2006 - 11:59 PM

Hey guys,
How can i chnage the default Office Paper Size to A4. It is currently set to Letter. evertime i create a new document i have to manually set the paper size to A4?
Thanks!

#2 Retired Tech

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Posted 24 September 2006 - 12:40 AM

Open Word, click file, page set up, paper, select A4, click default, confirm

#3 nickyboy1

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Posted 01 November 2007 - 11:13 AM

Hi I have changed file -page setup- paper- paper size A4, and clicked default, but file-print- printer-properties-advanced- paper size is Letter. I change to A4 click ok,no option to make default from this screen, and for that document, printing is OK. But when I go back in to Word at a new time I have to reset the Letter to A4 to get my printer to print or apply a reset to my printer, that diplays a PC load error. My printer is HP laser Jet 4 plus

#4 Pinikpikan

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Posted 21 April 2010 - 08:16 AM

The paper Size Manager for Word 2003 is stored inside a template called Normal.dot
Normal.dot serves as the default template used whenever you start Microsoft Word. The default paper size is Letter or 8.5 x 11 inch.

To change the default paper size you have to edit the default template which is the Normal.dot
Follow the steps to edit the normal.dot:
1. Open Microsoft word
2. Click Open icon and paste "%userprofile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates" (withouth the qoutes) inside the filename textbox.
3. Select Normal.dot and click file > page setup > click on page tab > change the paper size to A4 then click okay > save then close MS word.
4. You are done. From now on, your default paper size for word is A4