Styles is the way to store paragraph formatting, as indicated in
previous replies. To learn about styles, see the following articles:

Tips for understanding Microsoft Word styles
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...sOnStyles.html

How to apply a style in Microsoft Word
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styles/ApplyAStyle.html

How to modify styles in Microsoft Word
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...ifyAStyle.html

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Another Frustrated Microsoft Customer" wrote in message
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How do I keep my Format/Paragraph settings? For example: "keep with
next" as
a default so the format doesn't keep changing to "Orphans" and the
zero space
between words doesn't keep changing?

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