formating problems with Word

[Diane Ward]

Hi I'm using a Dell Latitude with Windows 2000
Professional and Word 2002. I'm having formatting
problems up the wazoo. If I tell one line (separated by
paragraph marker) to format center of the page the rest of
my document formats the center of the page. If I hit
enter in other lines instead of getting one return I get 4
or 5 and lines other text on other lines can also all of a
sudden place a paragraph marker where it is not wanted. I
get bullets all over the place when I just want to put one
in one line. I've tried saving this document as text
(stripped of all formating) and some things will work but
I can still get the multiple paragraph returns. I've toss
the "normal" template out the door several times to no
avail. Oh I can get strange things to happen in the
footer and headers when I'm formating other text. I seem
to have generated (how?) styles for every line of the
document (example: Body 2 + Arial, 14 pt, Bold, Left: 0")
without wanting to. Any suggestions, please help

Diane

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Formatting/WholeDocumentReformatted.htm.
You can also tell Word not to show the "formatting" (they're not really new
styles) by disabling "Keep track of formatting" on the Edit tab of Tools |
Options.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word