In Word versions prior to Word 2007 (Vista):

1.Close all open copies of Word.
2.Open Word.
3.Click on the File->Save As menu item.
4.In the "File of Type" list box, scroll down to Document Templates and select it. The directory should change and there should be a Normal.dot file in it. DON’T SAVE THE FILE. Click Cancel instead.
5.Press CTRL/O.
6.Select Normal.dot. Normal.dot should become your open document.
7.Turn on Track Changes.
8.Save the file with CTRL/S. You may get a warning message about the Global template having been changed. This is OK. Click Yes.
9.Close Word.

In Word 2007:

1.Close all open copies of Word.
2.Open Word.
3.Click on the round Office button in the upper-left corner of the window.
4.Click Open.
5.Select Templates in the Favorite Links pane.
6.Select Normal.dotm. Normal.dotm should become your open document.
7.Turn on Track Changes.
8.Save the file with CTRL/S. You may get a warning message about the Global template having been changed. This is OK. Click Yes.
9.Close Word.

Word sometimes leaves the last directory used incorrectly set, so the next time you open or save (especially!) a file, be careful that Word’s pointed at the right place.

Hope that helps.
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For some reason, when I do this, I loose all my additions to my AutoCorrect library and it reverts to the default entries.

Anyway, that’s the way to do it.

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