[paulshikleejr]

Suddenly yesterday, when I opened Word to create a document, the formatting
(it seems) paragraphs is different and screwy. When I type, the location of
the word and characters shift back and forth (short jumps left/right). The
left justify, center, right justify, justify, and related buttons on my
toolbar are grayed out. In fact, when I go to "Format Paragraph Indents
and Spacing" the "Alignment:" dropdown is grayed out (also "Don't add space
between paragraphs of the same style" is gray, but I don't know if it's
always been like that or not). I don't know if this is the case, but t seems
that I'm stuck in some weird HTML editing mode. I didn't change any settings
that I can remember and I can't find anything seemingly relevant under the
"Tools AutoCorrect Options... [ANY TAB]" or "Tools Options... [ANY
TAB]". I started using FireFox several weeks ago (I continue to use IE7 as
well). Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

[Stefan Blom]

Exit Word and then rename the normal.dot file. When you restart Word, do
things work properly?

For general troubleshooting, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...artingWord.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"paulshikleejr" wrote in message
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Suddenly yesterday, when I opened Word to create a document, the
formatting
(it seems) paragraphs is different and screwy. When I type, the location
of
the word and characters shift back and forth (short jumps left/right).
The
left justify, center, right justify, justify, and related buttons on my
toolbar are grayed out. In fact, when I go to "Format Paragraph
Indents
and Spacing" the "Alignment:" dropdown is grayed out (also "Don't add
space
between paragraphs of the same style" is gray, but I don't know if it's
always been like that or not). I don't know if this is the case, but t
seems
that I'm stuck in some weird HTML editing mode. I didn't change any
settings
that I can remember and I can't find anything seemingly relevant under the
"Tools AutoCorrect Options... [ANY TAB]" or "Tools Options... [ANY
TAB]". I started using FireFox several weeks ago (I continue to use IE7
as
well). Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

[paulshikleejr]

Yes!

That worked.

Does this mean that I inadvertently saved something to my default settings?

How might this have happened (so I'll be able to avoid this in the future)?

Thank you!

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Exit Word and then rename the normal.dot file. When you restart Word, do
things work properly?

For general troubleshooting, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...artingWord.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"paulshikleejr" wrote in message
...
Suddenly yesterday, when I opened Word to create a document, the
formatting
(it seems) paragraphs is different and screwy. When I type, the location
of
the word and characters shift back and forth (short jumps left/right).
The
left justify, center, right justify, justify, and related buttons on my
toolbar are grayed out. In fact, when I go to "Format Paragraph
Indents
and Spacing" the "Alignment:" dropdown is grayed out (also "Don't add
space
between paragraphs of the same style" is gray, but I don't know if it's
always been like that or not). I don't know if this is the case, but t
seems
that I'm stuck in some weird HTML editing mode. I didn't change any
settings
that I can remember and I can't find anything seemingly relevant under the
"Tools AutoCorrect Options... [ANY TAB]" or "Tools Options... [ANY
TAB]". I started using FireFox several weeks ago (I continue to use IE7
as
well). Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.