Resetting Document 1 on Word

damienom

Not sure if this is the right place to be asking this but here goes....

Was working away on Word a couple of weeks back, battery on my laptop died, now everytime I open Word the document I was working on is the default Document 1, is there way of resetting this, really pissing me off....am very anal when it comes to things like this!!

Damien

aidan_walsh

I'm not sure what you mean...

Do you mean when you open Word from the Start Menu or desktop, or when you open your document? If its when you open your document, did you save your document at any time?

damienom

Sorry when I open Word from desktop, rather than a blank Word document opening, this file opens instead as Document1.

Standard Toaster

Search you machine for Normal.dot and either rename it or delete it.
You'll find one per user on the machine:

C:\Documents and Settings\*user*\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates\

Fire up word.

(Note: Any autotext you've entered is saved in the normal template)

damienom

Cheers The Edge, slight problem can't find the file by searching for the file name or using the link you gave me...am on Windows XP

Standard Toaster

Oh yeah, it's a hidden file.

in Windows Explorer...."Tools/Folder Options/View/Show Hidden Files & Folders"

Search again and you should see it.

Word will re-create it once you rename/delete it.

aidan_walsh

You'll have to replace *user* with the name of your user account.

Failing that, do a search for Normal.doc and ensure to check for hidden files and folders. Then delete the file. Word will recreate a new default one when you restart it.

damienom

Lads you're legends and both let anyone tell ya otherwise

Damien