Style

[Dan J]

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.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

I'm not sure I understand your problem. You may need to completely reset
normal.dot. (See
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.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/Customization/CustomizeNormalTemplate.htmv

 

[Dan J]

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?

 

[Charles Kenyon]

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.