There is no easy way to open template location. Normally, we open user template location manually. Step 1: In Word 2010 and 2013, click File > Options > Advanced. In Word 2007, click Office Button > Word Options > Advanced. Step 2: Click File Locations to bring up the File Locations dialog. In the File Types list, choose User Templates. I use office for mac 2008. When I log in and open Word, my menu is missing the file and insert options at the top of the page. They appear when I log in as another user. Word 2008 for Mac comes with professionally designed templates that you can use to create brochures, calendars, forms, flyers, labels, and more. You can customize these Word templates to make them appear just the way you want. On the File menu, click New from Template. In the left pane, expand Online Templates, and then click Forms. Double-click the form template that you want to use.

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MacWord’s Normal Template Updated for Word 2008 Article contributed by, and Testing the Normal Template If you open a new blank document and things immediately go wrong, suspect a corrupt Normal Template. To confirm that your Normal Template has been damaged, quit Word and rename the Normal Template (to anything you can remember: “OldNormal”, for instance). When you restart Word, it will create a new Normal Template from its built-in settings ().

If Word then runs properly, your old Normal Template was corrupt and you can delete it. If there are customizations in Normal that you don’t want to lose – such as macros, AutoText, custom toolbars, and styles – you can. If you are still having problems with Word, you can delete the new Normal and re-rename the old one back.

Using Word 2008? If the problem persists after testing the 2008 Normal template, then check the 2004 location to see if there is a leftover Normal template, and test that one too.

Then see the for other options. Finding the Normal Template Word 2008 users should test both the 2008 and 2004 Normal templates. By default, your Normal Template is located here: (~/ is shorthand for your user account in OS X) • Word 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) However, your Normal template may have been moved.

To make sure of the location on your computer, use the Word>Preferences>File Locations> dialog to confirm its location. Select User Templates and click on Modify to see the filepath. It is possible to have more than one template named Normal on your computer, but Word only recognizes and uses the one that is in the User Templates location, or in the default location if Word does not find Normal in the User Templates location. For more about Templates in general, including how to find your Templates folder if it has been moved or renamed, as well as options for storing both personal and shared Custom Templates, see. Are you using Word X, 2001 or 98? Earlier versions of Office stored the Normal template in the Applications folder, where it was very easy to delete it with a, and thus lose your customizations.

Word 2004 and Word 2008 use safer locations. We suggest that users in previous versions of Word move the Normal template (and optionally all custom templates) to the MUD (~/Documents/Microsoft User Data) or to the Microsoft folder in user Application Support.

If you decide to do this, here’s how (if you prefer to use Application Support in OS X, simply tweak the directions): • Open your MUD and create a new folder called “My Templates” or whatever you prefer. • In Word, open Preferences>File Locations.

Under File Types, select User Templates. Click on Modify and navigate to the “My Templates” folder in your MUD.

• Quit Word (File>Quit or Command>q) and navigate in the Finder to your Normal Template. Drag it into the “My Templates” folder in the MUD. Relaunch Word. Because you have now informed Word of your Normal Template’s new location, it won’t be compelled to create a new default Normal (one that does not contain your customizations) in the original location. Do’s & Don’ts Word uses its Normal Template as a kind of scratchpad for each user. It also creates each new document based on the Normal Template (unless you specify a different template).

Corruptions in the Normal Template can not only make Word unstable, they can be passed on to every document you create. The Normal Template stores nearly all of a user’s customizations, including AutoText, keyboard shortcuts, macros and toolbars.

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It is a very valuable resource, especially if you modify it to meet your own needs, when it may eventually represent hundreds of hours of development effort. Protect it carefully and ensure you back it up frequently with your system backup. • The Word Normal Template must never be read-only. If it is, Word will eventually run out of memory and crash. If you are operating in a single-user environment, this will not likely be an issue.