Mary, you don't say what version of Word, but the procedure is pretty much
the same in all. So:
1-File > Page Setup > Margins
2-Set up the margin values
3-Click Default... (May be Add to template... in Word97)
4-Click Yes

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> How do you set the default margins to be 1" instead of
> the 1.25"?
Mary - 03 Jun 2004 22:44 GMT
I'm on Word 2002 and tried your solution and it worked
great! Thank you!!
Mary
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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 09 Jun 2004 15:22 GMT
For information on changing these and other defaults, see "How to change the
default settings for Word documents" at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CustomizeNormalTemplate.htm
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> I'm on Word 2002 and tried your solution and it worked
> great! Thank you!!
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