I have the Normal, APA writing style that is loading on new documents. Can
I open (default) new documents with no style or with Normal (not APA)
writing style.

I'm not sure I understand your problem. You may need to completely reset
normal.dot. (See
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErr...ocNotBlank.htm.) Or you may
simply want to change the defaults (See
http://www.addbalance.com/word/defaultfont.htm) You may also want to look at
"How to change the default settings for Word documents"
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...lTemplate.htmv
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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Dan J wrote in message ...
I have the Normal, APA writing style that is loading on new documents. Can
I open (default) new documents with no style or with Normal (not APA)
writing style.

I opened the normal.dot file and the default style is called "Normal, APA
Writing Style. It is possible that I inadvertently changed the normal.dot
but I don't have a clue how I did it. I followed the instruction for
opening normal.dot and it opened as a new document with the APA writing
style. APA is a college style that inserts a 5 space hanging indent on all
subsequent lines after the first. I do not want any style when opening a
new document. Is the description clearer?

Did you look at the linked pages?. They tell how to handle both kinds of
problems.

BTW APA is probably American Psychological Association which seems to be a
standard for scholarly writing.

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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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Dan J wrote in message ...
I opened the normal.dot file and the default style is called "Normal, APA
Writing Style. It is possible that I inadvertently changed the normal.dot
but I don't have a clue how I did it. I followed the instruction for
opening normal.dot and it opened as a new document with the APA writing
style. APA is a college style that inserts a 5 space hanging indent on
all
subsequent lines after the first. I do not want any style when opening a
new document. Is the description clearer?