It gives you a new Normal.dot only for that session, however. You'll still
need to rename if you want to start normally, and starting in Safe Mode
prevents you from taking advantage of customizations such as AutoText
entries you've saved and customization of toolbars.

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Words into Type
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"lms" wrote in message
...
winword /a made no difference but Safe Mode did the trick.
Safe Mode also automatically gave me a fresh Normal.dot file so I didn't
need to do a rename.

Many thanks
Les

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Try starting Word with the /a switch (i.e., type "winword /a" at the
Start |
Run command line) or pressing Ctrl while starting to start in Office
Safe
Mode. If this eliminates the problem, then try renaming Normal.dot
(after
quitting Word). If that solves the problem, then you can salvage most of
your customizations from the old Normal.dot using the Organizer. For
more,
see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...ocNotBlank.htm

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"lms" wrote in message
...
English(UK) and German are the only languages enabled acording to XP
Language
Settings.

However, if I do 'Reveal Formatting' against a 'Normal' style
paragraph
it
shows under Language:
(Complex) Arabic Saudi Arabia
English UK

When I try to modify the format of the Normal style I get a drop down
to
the
right of the Italic button that shows (all scripts), Latin and
Complex.
Selecting Complex and then selecting Format, Language from the bottom
left
hand corner of the Modify Style window does indeed show the Language
as
Arabic Saudi Arabia. However, resetting this to English UK and saying
OK
has
no effect. It insists on remaing set to Arabic Saudi Arabia.

This setting looks like it is the one causing the problem but I don't
know
how to get rid of it.

Any suggestions?

Les

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Several users have complained about this, but it is behavior that I
have
not
seen, either in Word 2002 or in Word 2003. When I click at the right
end
of
a line (in Normal or Print Layout view), the insertion point is
positioned
at the end of the line. I wonder if having a right-to-left language
enabled
would make the difference. Could this be a factor in your case?

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"lms" wrote in message
...
In Word2000, clicking to the right of a line of text positioned
the
cursor
after the final character of the line. In Word2002 the whole line
of
text
is
selected instead. How do I get Word2002 to behave in the same way
as
Word2000?