There are several areas of Microsoft Word that you can change permanently. By changing default settings, the changes you make are in place for every new document opened. The changes are not really permanent but will stay in place until you change the default to something else. Changing the default setting does not affect documents created before the changes were made. Menus The default setting for menu appearance in Word 2000 is to display only those menu items that are used the most.
Word determines which items to show based on the latest use.
This means that your menu items may not be the same each time you access a menu. Remove the checkmark from Menus show recently used commands first to allow all of the menu items to show at once. Click the Close button to accept the change. Margins Microsoft Word has default margins of one inch for top and bottom margins and 1.25 inches for the left and right margins. In the Margins section of the dialog box, make the changes to the margin settings that you want and then click the Default button in the lower left corner of the dialog box.