When you use the Primary Language setting in System Preferences to switch to a different language for writing documents, Word creates a new template for you, designed for the language you chose. The previous template, for the language you switched from, is backed up as the file Normal.dotm-(number), where (number) is a 10-digit number.
Your old template might have customizations you want to use; here's how to restore it:
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Quit Word.
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In Finder, search for Normal in This Mac.
There should be two files: Normal.dotm and Normal.dotm-(number).
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Delete Normal.dotm (select it and then click Move to Trash)
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Rename the other file as Normal.dotm (remove the hyphen and number).
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Restart Word.
What's stored in the template
New, blank documents are based on the Normal.dotm template. This file stores settings for text and paragraph formatting, layout and page margins, styles, AutoText entries, keyboard shortcuts, and even boilerplate content that you might have added, such as your name and address (for stationery).
When you restore a template you used with a previous language, you might have to make some adjustments for the new language, like selecting a new default font and making some choices for layout and page margins.
