Editing Microsoft Word (section)

=== Templates ===
Several later versions of Word include the ability for users to create their own formatting templates, allowing them to define a file in which: the title, heading, paragraph, and other element designs differ from the standard Word templates.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.howtogeek.com/school/microsoft-word-document-formatting-essentials/lesson5/|title=Word Formatting: Mastering Styles and Document Themes|last=Klein|first=Matt|website=How-To Geek|language=en-US|access-date=July 9, 2019|archive-date=July 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709204809/https://www.howtogeek.com/school/microsoft-word-document-formatting-essentials/lesson5/|url-status=live}}</ref> Users can find how to do this under the Help section located near the top right corner (Word 2013 on [[Windows 8]]).

For example, '''Normal.dotm''' is the master [[Template (word processing)|template]] from which all Word documents are created. It determines the [[Margin (typography)|margin]] defaults as well as the layout of the text and font defaults. Although Normal.dotm is already set with certain defaults, the user can change it to new defaults. This will change other documents which were created using the template.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Change the Normal template (Normal.dotm )|url=https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/change-the-normal-template-normal-dotm-06de294b-d216-47f6-ab77-ccb5166f98ea|access-date=May 20, 2021|website=support.microsoft.com|language=en-US|archive-date=May 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520001124/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/change-the-normal-template-normal-dotm-06de294b-d216-47f6-ab77-ccb5166f98ea|url-status=live}}</ref> It was previously Normal.dot.<ref>[http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=151 in-depth explanation of Normal.dot] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050620082713/http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=151 |date=June 20, 2005 }}</ref>