You don't say which version of Word you're using. Assuming Word 2003 (or
something similar), choose Tools - Options - Save, and set Save Word files
as: to Word Document (*.doc). I suspect it's currently set to Document
Template (*.dot).

If you're using Word 2007, click Office button - Word Options - Save tab,
and set "Save files in this format:" to the desired non-.dot format.

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"mossrose" wrote in message
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Somehow I changed the normal template (I guess) so that all my Word
documents
are being saved as .dot instead of .doc. I'd like to change this back.
How
do I do this and what effect will it have on my documents saved as .dot,
if
any?