Just copy Normalvertu.dotm to Normal.dotm.
As I said before the name of the default template is fixed as Normal.dotm, you might not like it that way, but that is the way it has been for a very long time. The genesis of Word goes back to Xerox's Alto Bravo which was released in the mid '70's.
Look up Charles Simonyi who worked on Bravo, was head hunted by Gates, and headed up the Office division (the MS cash cow) for a long time. He left MS a few years ago and started up Intentional Software, which he sold to MS last week for an undisclosed sum.
Probably enough to pay for another couple of holidays on the ISS, build a new house (
this one is getting a bit cramped), and park a fleet of
these in exotic locations
Capitalism Rocks
BR