Word saves defaults and customized settings in a configuration file. The first
time you use the program, Word creates a
default configuration file in your
computer’s System Folder called “Word
Settings (4).” (The “4” distinguishes it
from the Word 3.0 configuration file called
simply “Word Settings.”) When you quit from Microsoft Word, the program updates the configuration file with any changes you made during the working session. If you suffer a Macintosh “bomb” during your work session and have to restart the computer, you lose any configuration changes you made during that work session. You can create multiple configuration files, give them arbitrary names, and save
