Save your Word configurations via PCWorld

Valerie Pike set up Microsoft Word the way she liked it. Then, suddenly, everything went back to the default settings. Can she get her old settings back? Or at least protect them in the future?

Microsoft Word is a wonderfully configurable tool. You can set a default font and give every new document your preferred margins. You can re-arrange the ribbons and Quick Access Toolbar. You can record simple macros and even—if you have the programming skills—write complex ones.

But if you’re not careful, all of your work personalizing Word can disappear in a keystroke. Here’s how to be careful:

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– sent from my smartphone. sorry about typos and brevity.