Note the use of the wildcard asterisk at the end of what you are searching for this should help you find any template (or even document) that starts with "normal. If you suspect this is the case with your version of Word, just get out of the program and use Windows' search capabilities to look for "normal.do*" (without the quote marks). (The Normal template is where Word stores default settings for brand new, blank documents it creates.) I say "may not" because some versions of Word seem to store this special template in a different directory all together. It may not tell you where your Normal template is stored. Deploying the new one to clients, users' original global template will be replaced, the customized. As the Global template includes users' default styles and customizations that determine the basic look of a document. Note that this tells you where your user templates are stored. A2 & A4: It is not recommended to make changes into Global template (Normal.dotm) for clients, which may mess with user's.
![change the normal template in word 2016 change the normal template in word 2016](https://g6k7x4j6.stackpathcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/44.jpg)
Click Advanced at the left side of the dialog box. It’s all in Normal.dotm (before Word 2007 it was normal.dot).In Word 2010 and later versions display the File tab of the ribbon and then click Options.) (In Word 2007 click the Office button and then click Word Options. If you want to know where your templates are stored, follow these steps:
![change the normal template in word 2016 change the normal template in word 2016](https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/psvr-wired-wireless.png)
The problem is that even Word Help cannot say exactly where the templates folder is on any particular computer. Regrettably, the average user hasn't a clue where they are stored on disk. The first step in modifying templates is to load one, and that means you need to know where they are stored on disk. It is unfortunate that Microsoft does not make it easier to modify templates.