The normal template

Whenever you create a new document using the New button image\new.gif, the document is automatically based on the built-in Normal template. The built-in template has the following properties:

Although this is nearly always sufficient, you can override it by creating your own Normal template - follow the steps in Creating a template based on an existing template, making sure you use the name "Normal" for the new template.

Since the Normal template is used by default whenever create a new document by clicking on the New button on the toolbar, the new Normal template will be used instead.

To return to the original Normal template all you have to do is delete Normal from the Template folder. To do this select Open from the File menu, locate the template folder i.e. Program Files\Ability Office\Template, and then delete Normal by right-clicking and selecting Delete (make sure that Files of Type is set to Ability Template, otherwise the templates won’t be displayed in the "Open" Dialog).

Once you have deleted the Normal template, Ability will automatically generate a new default Normal template as before. Normal is always listed as a template when selecting New from the File menu, whether or not you've created a Normal template yourself.

See also:

Using templates