Change Normal Style

[JohnM]

The secretary here must create word documents with Word 2007 and the default line spacing and after paragraph spacing makes it hard to format documents. If I make it single spacing and 0pt after paragraphs this works for her. She can easily double space where needed. The problem is I must do this every time. I've seen a few ways that claim to make this permanent but I must be missing a step because its never persistent. Every time I close Word and reopen it the changes are gone. What am I missing?
I can:
Right click the Normal style -> Modify -> Format -> Paragraph
- Change After to 0pt


- Change Spacing to single
Click OK -> Click "New documents based on template" -> Click OK


I also can:
Open the styles dialog -> Manage Styles -> Modify -> Format -> Paragraph
- Change After to 0pt
- Change Spacing to single
Click OK -> Click "New documents based on template" -> Click OK -> Click "New documents based on template" -> Click OK


Lastly I tried:
Page Layout -> Paragraph
- Change After to 0pt
- Change Spacing to single
Click Default . . . -> Yes ("Do you want this change to affect all new documents based on the NORMAL template")

The spacing works perfect until I close Word and re-open it. The changes are lost.
I've done this at her desk and at mine. I've tried it saving the document and not saving the document. I've also clicked and not clicked the radio "New documents based on template" in the first two methods. I've tried 3 different examples i've found searching. At this point it is less time consuming to walk to her desk and perform a few clicks. There must be some way to make this the default behavior. Anyone know what I need to do?

[gmayor]

Open the normal template in Word. Make the changes. Write some text in the text area. Delete it. Save and close the template.

[JohnM]

Awesome!! That did the trick. You made two people very happy.

Thanks
JM