[JulieT]

I didn't have a problem until I start on 2003 if I am typing something that
needs the same format all the way down the page I can't seem to make it stay
as soon as I press the return button the margins and indents just go back to
beginning again.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

There are (at least) two possible reasons for this:

1. If you have either or both of the WordPerfect options checked on the
General tab of Tools | Options, you get WP behavior in this regard.

2. If the "Style for following paragraph" of the style you're using is a
different style, then you get the formatting of that following style. This
will be true for all of Word's built-in heading styles, whose following
style, by default, is Normal.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"JulieT" wrote in message
...
I didn't have a problem until I start on 2003 if I am typing something
that
needs the same format all the way down the page I can't seem to make it
stay
as soon as I press the return button the margins and indents just go back
to
beginning again.

[JulieT]

Thank you so much it has been driving me mad it was the wordperfect options
that was checked.

Julie

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

There are (at least) two possible reasons for this:

1. If you have either or both of the WordPerfect options checked on the
General tab of Tools | Options, you get WP behavior in this regard.

2. If the "Style for following paragraph" of the style you're using is a
different style, then you get the formatting of that following style. This
will be true for all of Word's built-in heading styles, whose following
style, by default, is Normal.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"JulieT" wrote in message
...
I didn't have a problem until I start on 2003 if I am typing something
that
needs the same format all the way down the page I can't seem to make it
stay
as soon as I press the return button the margins and indents just go back
to
beginning again.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Glad I could help. It's not so much the mystery of *why* the WP options have
that effect that's bothering; it's the mystery of how those options get
checked!

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"JulieT" wrote in message
...
Thank you so much it has been driving me mad it was the wordperfect
options
that was checked.

Julie

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

There are (at least) two possible reasons for this:

1. If you have either or both of the WordPerfect options checked on the
General tab of Tools | Options, you get WP behavior in this regard.

2. If the "Style for following paragraph" of the style you're using is a
different style, then you get the formatting of that following style.
This
will be true for all of Word's built-in heading styles, whose following
style, by default, is Normal.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"JulieT" wrote in message
...
I didn't have a problem until I start on 2003 if I am typing something
that
needs the same format all the way down the page I can't seem to make
it
stay
as soon as I press the return button the margins and indents just go
back
to
beginning again.