[hennie[_2_]]

Elizabeth,

The problem may be that you system is not set up correctly and causes
those problems.
Follow the instuction that were posted some time ago by Ravinder S.
Mahoon to set up Windows/Word to be in balance.
"Enable only the languages you want to use. Go to
START/Programs/Microsoft Office/Microsoft Office Tools/Microsoft Office
[version] Language Settings. In here, enable only the languages you
intend to spell check. Enabling other languages will enable Word to
switch these languages - something you want to avoid.
Set the default language in Word Open Word; a new document be
displayed, and no text should be selected. Tools/Language/Set language.
Choose your language and click "Default" (Note: this changes the
Language formatting of the Normal style in the Normal.dot template). If
you are prompted, on exiting Word to save changes to the Normal.dot
template, say "Yes", otherwise the default setting will not "stick".
It is of the utmost importance that the Windows and Word language
settings match exactly. Only then will language formatting in Word be
controllable, reliable and halfway predictable.
Turn off the Auto-options to stop Word 2000 and later versions from
changing languages on you in mid-stream:
Deactivate the language Auto-detect in Tools/Language/Set language
Deactivate the keyboard Auto-detect in Tools/Options/Edit.
If you have used and really like these options, then leave them on.
However, if you start getting unpredictable language changes while
editing, try turning them off.
Sometimes, the keyboard and the language will change on you, anyway, if
you have more than one keyboard layout used for one or more languages in
the Control Panel. Windows allows you to assign keyboard shortcuts to
language/keyboard combinations (Regional and Language
Options/Languages/Details/Key Settings); probably, you have pressed such
a key combination. If you don't want to use these, turn them off."

This may solve your problem

Hennie


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hennie