Thanks, Charles. Your suggestion that I revise the normal template is exactly what I was looking for. I'm not sure why that looks like "overkill" to you—since I use the same, self-defined styles for every document I create, it makes sense to have them automatically available instead of having to go through the organizer every time. Or am I missing something?

As it turns out, however, your proposed Mac path to the Microsoft user templates doesn't pan out on my machine. I get as far as "Microsoft," after which there's no "Office" or anything resembling a templates folder. Now that I know I'm looking for the "normal" template, however, I can get some guidance from a Mac forum.

Appreciatively

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