Sue,

In the Page Setup dialog when you change vertical alignment from center to
top have you pressed the option at the bottom of the dialong labled
"Default?"

If that doesn't work, open your template (probably Normal.dot), make the
change and save the template.

--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
A Peer in Peer to Peer Support

Sue wrote:
When I open a new word document the curser starts in the center of
the page, I have to go to page layout and change it to top. How can
I make it default for the curser to start at the top?