[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Aloys,

The tranlation was well done

Are you saving the documents as .docX or as .doc? (Is ther a 'convert' choice under Office button when the file is open?).

The prior versions of Word didn't support autoshape vertical alignment, and saving as a (97-2003) .doc file will disable the
vertical
alignment feature for a text box. You can insert a one cell table in the textbox and vertically center in the table cell.

Changing the compatibility setting to Word 2007 while editing a Word 2003 document will turn on access to several of the features
while editing but if you close and reopen the document the choices in right-click,
Format Textbox for vertical centering will likely be turned off again and if you resave as a 97-2003 Word document, when next
reopened the text alignment could be back at the top of the text box.

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"Aloys" wrote in message ...
Hi,
I have exactly the same problem. I found a solution!
You have to turn on Compatibility Mode.

Click the Office Button
Click the Options Button
Click Advanced Options in the left frame
Scroll down the right frame until the end of the page
Set Compatibility mode for: the current document or all new documents
Choose MS Word 2007 in the combo box (to enable all new features in Word 2007)

I'm French so the caption of buttons may not be exactly the same, sorry for
my poor translation.