Reset Microsoft Word Mac To Default Settings

Step 6: Your Mac’s startup disk is listed on the left, typically named “Macintosh HD” by default unless you renamed it. Also listed is another drive with the word “Data” appended at the end. If the behavior occurs in multiple documents, we recommend that you try to reset Microsoft Word to the program's default settings. How to reset user options and registry settings in Word. To have us reset user options and registry settings in Microsoft Word for you, go to the 'Here's an easy fix' section.

  1. That’s the Microsoft default which may not suit you. Personally, we prefer no fill because the shape will be filled with text or other objects. Text Wrapping Square or Tight is easier to manage at first. There are two ways to change the shape defaults. Once set, any new shape will start with your choices, not Microsoft’s.
  2. Change other default settings in the Normal template. You can customize the Normal template and change default settings for many aspects of a document, such as text formatting, paragraph formatting, document formatting, styles, text, pictures, AutoText entries, and keyboard shortcuts. To make changes to Normal.dotm, you must open the file from.
  3. All you have to do is click this button, and Word will assign your current settings—like the font or font size you've chosen—as the new default for this particular element. Finally, Word will ask whether you want to set this as the default for this document only, or for all documents based on the Normal template (in other words, all.

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This document explains how to reset and back up Office 2008

  1. Ensure all Office applications are closed.
  2. Navigate to ~User/Library/Preferences folder and drag all the files to desktop that starts with com.microsoft.xxx.plist (xxx=name of Office app)

  3. Additionally delete/Move following files:
    • Application/Microsoft Office 2008/Office/OfficePID.plist
    • ~ User/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Office 2008/Microsoft Office 2008 Settings.plist
    4. The user will be prompted to re-enter the product key the next time Word is used.
  4. If user is having problem with font then delete 'Office Font Cache (12)', located in the same folder as Microsoft Office 2008 Settings.plist.
  5. Office is now successfully reset.
  6. If all is well, trash the old file otherwise, quit all Office apps again, trash the new files and drag the original files back to where they belong.
Additional information on troubleshooting Microsoft Office fonts can be found here.
Reset Microsoft Word Mac To Default Settings

Backups

How to enable automatic save in Microsoft Office 2008?

  1. Open Microsoft Word (or any other Office App).
  2. Hold Command and Comma key.
  3. System Preferences window would open.

  4. In System Preferences > Save > enable 'Always create a backup copy' and 'Save AutoRecover info every 2 Min'.

Template Backups

Normal.dotm

When newly blank document crashes, it is possible the problem persists in normal.dotm. Try renaming the existing normal.dotm to oldnormal.dotm and reopen word to recreate a new normal.dotm.

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The location for normal.dotm are as follows:
  • Office 2008: ~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office/User Templates/Normal.dotm
  • Word 2004: ~/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Normal
  • Word X, Word 2001, Word 98: /Applications/Microsoft Office ***/Templates/Normal (where *** stands for your version of Office)

If by chance the normal.dotm location is changed, the normal.dotm can be located by opening Microsoft Office Word>Preferences>File Locations> dialog to confirm its location.

If the old normal.dotm is corrupt and there are customizations in old Normal that you don't want to lose – such as macros, AutoText, custom toolbars, and styles – you can transfer them from OldNormal to your new Normal using Organizer.


Restore customization from old Normal to new Normal

  1. Open Word
  2. Use File>Open to navigate to the template location noted above.
  3. Change the Show drop-down list to Word Templates.

  4. Choose Normal or Normal.dotm and click Open.

  5. Title Bar at the top of the Word window must show 'Normal' otherwise, repeat from step 1.

  6. Click on Tools>Templates and Add-ins dialog, click the Organizer button.

  7. Just below the left window, Organizer should be showing Styles available In: Normal (global template) Otherwise you've got the wrong one open. Start again from step 1.

  8. The right window of the Organizer should be blank. There is a Close File button below the left-hand window, and a Close File button below the right-hand window. Click the button on the right.

  9. You should now be able to see your old Normal Template in the directory; if you cannot, search until you find it. Choose it, and Open it.

  10. At the top of the Organizer dialog, above both windows, there is a row of tabs, one for each kind of resource the Organizer can copy. Click the tab for the kind of item you want to bring back. Let’s assume you want to bring your styles back: Click the Styles tab.

  11. Organizer now shows you a list of the items available within each kind (if you clicked the Styles tab in the previous step, you see a list of the styles in each template). The left window lists the items in your new template, the right window lists the items in the old template. In the right-hand window, choose the item(s) you want to restore. You can select more than one.

  12. Click copy
  13. Repeat for each additional kind of resource you wish to copy.
  14. Click Close File under both windows.
  15. Hold down your Shift key and choose Save All from the File menu. Save All does not appear unless you hold down your shift key.
  16. Quit Word and restart it (to force it to update its preferences).
  17. All the settings should be transfered.


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Office 365 ProPlus is being renamed to Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise. For more information about this change, read this blog post.

This article provides detailed steps for administrators to set the default font for Microsoft Office applications, such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint.

Set the default font for Word

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How To Reset Microsoft Word Mac To Default Settings

There are no direct Group Policy Objects (GPOs) to set the default font in Word (for both Office 365 and 2016).

  1. Create a blank file that is configured by using the font and styles that you want to set as the default.
  2. Select File > Save As.
  3. Select the .dotm file name extension.
  4. Save the file to %Appdata%MicrosoftTemplates.
  5. Replace the Normal.dotm file.
  6. After the Normal.dotm file is created on the administrator's computer, you can deploy the same file to the %Appdata%MicrosoftTemplates location on users' computers.

For more information, see Change the default settings for new documents.

Set the default font for Excel

  • Set a cloud policy (for Office 365):

    1. Create a font policy from Policy Management.

    2. Apply the cloud policy to a security group that target users are members of.

  • Set a GPO (for Excel 2016):

    File namePolicy setting nameScopePolicy pathCategoryRegistry informationPartDefault settingPossible settingsSupported onHelp text
    excel16.admxFontUserMicrosoft Excel 2016Excel OptionsGeneralGeneralHKEY_CURRENT_USERsoftwarepoliciesmicrosoftoffice16.0exceloptionsfontName, Size
    Arial, 10    		[ ]At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7Specifies the 'Standard font' font name and size.

Set the default font for PowerPoint (for both Office 365 and Office 2016)

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To set default font for PowerPoint, set a default theme, and save it as a .potx file.

Note

Setting the default template requires the following items:

  • The correct file name: Default Theme.potx
  • The correct location: %Appdata%MicrosoftTemplatesDocument Themes

To set the default theme, follow these steps:

How To Reset Microsoft Office Word To Default Settings For Mac

  1. Start PowerPoint.

  2. Open an existing PowerPoint template that you have configured by using the font and styles that you want to set as the default.

  3. Select File > Save As.

  4. Select PowerPoint Template (*.potx) in the file type list. This automatically changes the folder location to Custom Office Templates (a personal template folder).

    Note

    Don't save it here because this enables you to view your template under Custom Office Templates.

  5. Select More options to opens a file name dialog box, replace the whole file name with %Appdata%MicrosoftTemplates, and then press Enter.

  6. In the Templates folder, open the Document Themes folder. If you see a Default Theme.potx file existing in the folder, you can also make a backup of the file. To do this, select the file, press Ctrl+C, and then press Ctrl+V.

  7. Enter the name 'Default Theme' to manually name the file, and then save it. If a Default Theme.potx file exists, you can also select the Default Theme.potx file, and then select Save to overwrite it.

  8. Close PowerPoint, and then select File > New. Now, you see the default template that's displayed as an option.

Reset Microsoft Word Mac To Default Settings

For more information, see Change the default font in PowerPoint.