Those sorts of parameters aren't set on exit. They are set by opening
normal.dot and making changes to it. When you create a new document -- as
happens automatically when you start Word -- it is based on normal.dot.




"Sunduck" wrote in message
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When exiting Word, certain parameters can be set. One is the number of
columns.
When Word next opens, these parameters are applied.

I have a machine which opens Word with 2 columns, and have forgotten how
to
set parameters on exit.