Maybe you like all of your documents to have narrower margins so you can fit more information on the page. Maybe you prefer a different font style instead of the default Calibri. There may be certain settings in Word that get on your nerves, like default settings that you find yourself changing over and over-the paragraph spacing, the font size-each time you start a new document.
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Lesson 17: Changing Your Default Settings in Word
