On the Layout tab of Page Setup, make sure that the vertical alignment is
set to Top and not Justified.

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"mike" mike @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message
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In Word when I hit return the curser jumps many lines down and I don't
know
how this happened and I can not get it back to normal.

How do I get it back to one line when hitting the return key?