Restore Default Settings in Word, Excel

This guide provides a practical overview of Restore Default Settings in Word, Excel, including its main features, benefits, limitations, and important considerations.

There are 2 ways to return MS Office to its factory default settings:

- Use Registry Editor

- Use the tools supported by Microsoft .

1. Use Registry Editor

Step 1: Open the Run dialog box by pressing Window + R -> type regedit -> click OK:

Step 2: The Registry Editor dialog box appears, follow the path: HKEY_CURRENT_USER / Software / Microsoft / Office / select a folder that matches the current version of MS Office you want to set up (with current Word versions already Install on your computer the corresponding folder):

- Word, Excel 2013: folder 15.0

- Word, Excel 2010: folder 14.0

- Word, Excel 2007: directory 12.0

- Word, Excel 2003: folder 11.0

Here Word, Excel 2013 should select folder 15.0

Step 3: Right-click on the folder 15.0 -> Delete so you deleted the current settings and returned Word, Excel to the original default settings:

2. Use Microsoft recovery software

Microsoft supports tools to help you bring Word, Excel back to the default settings. With the corresponding versions of Windows there are different versions.

Step 1: Click on the link below to download the software to your computer. Depending on the Windows Supported operating systems, there are different versions:

Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows Vista: http://go. microsoft. com/? linkid=9763243

Windows 8, Windows 10: http://go. microsoft. com/? linkid=9763243

Step 2: After downloading the software in accordance with the version, open the software -> click Run.

Note: During running the software, you need to close all Word and Excel files in order to avoid the case of software error.

Step 3: A dialog box appears and select I Agree -> Next:

Step 4: The process of removing the current settings is automatically processed -> the process of processing successfully, click close:

Above is a detailed guide on how to restore default settings in Word and Excel. Good luck!