Now, quit Word then navigate to the folder you wrote down. Select the User Templates line, and click 'Modify'.ĭon't make any changes, just drop down the folder name box at the top and write down the complete path to the folder. To find out which one Word thinks is the 'real' one, start Word and go to Word>Preferences>File Locations. That can be literally 'anywhere' on your system, and there may be several of them.

Your default paper size is stored in your Normal template.