Changing default paper size of Microsoft Word 2010

A mistake I always tend to do is define the paper size of my writings in Microsoft Word after finishing what I intended to write. I opt to change paper size when I see that the printed papers does not have the actual formatting I had in mind. Changing paper size after the finishing results in me doing touch ups makes again.

I ended up changing the default paper size of Microsoft Word to A4 thereby setting A4 paper size as my document size in all new documents that I would be creating.

Here’s how I did it.