word default settings

[ron]

My granddaughter visited and now all documents come up with dots between
letters, paragraph symbols all through document, etc. How do i reset
Word (2000) back to the way it came from the factory?

Thanks

Ron

 

[TF]

Ah! Your granddaughter knows how to use a wordprocessor correctly! Click on
the ShowAll command on the toolbar (clue: it's the backwards facing P
character called a pilcro).




: My granddaughter visited and now all documents come up with dots between
: letters, paragraph symbols all through document, etc. How do i reset
: Word (2000) back to the way it came from the factory?
:
: Thanks
:
: Ron
:

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm for some reasons
you might sometimes want to be able to see these characters.

 

[ron]

Terry,

Tried your suggestion. Didn't work. Toggled on and off but no change of view of
document.
This happens on all documents opened now, including ones created long before
this problem started. I don't like the idea of not seeing font changes I make
on the screen. Any other ideas?

Ron

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Go to Tools | Options | View and clear the checks for all the boxes under
"Formatting marks." You're not seeing font changes? Check to make sure you
don't have "Draft font" enabled.

 

[ron]

Suzanne,

Thanks for the help. Almost all boxes on View were checked. Unchecked the
formatting ones and the draft font one. Seems to have cleared what I have run
into so far. Do notice that sample document (Document 1) template comes up with
arial font for a couple of lines then something called Tahoma font after that.
Any idea where all this came from? Did my granddaughter hit a certain
combination of keys to produce this? Can it be reversed by those same keys?

Thanks again

Ron

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It sounds like you need the whole treatment: see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm.

As a diagnostic, select the text in the document (or template) and press
Ctrl+Spacebar. If this does not return the text to your usual font, then the
font of Normal style has been changed. Go to Format | Font, select the
desired font, and click the Default... button. For more, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CustomizeNormalTemplate.htm

 

[TF]

Ron

The normal.dot has been dirtied. See the following FAQ for more information:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm



: Suzanne,
:
: Thanks for the help. Almost all boxes on View were checked. Unchecked the
: formatting ones and the draft font one. Seems to have cleared what I have
run
: into so far. Do notice that sample document (Document 1) template comes
up with
: arial font for a couple of lines then something called Tahoma font after
that.
: Any idea where all this came from? Did my granddaughter hit a certain
: combination of keys to produce this? Can it be reversed by those same
keys?
:
: Thanks again
:
: Ron
:
: "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
:
: > Go to Tools | Options | View and clear the checks for all the boxes
under
: > "Formatting marks." You're not seeing font changes? Check to make sure
you
: > don't have "Draft font" enabled.
: >
: > --
: > Suzanne S. Barnhill
: > Microsoft MVP (Word)
: > Words into Type
: > Fairhope, Alabama USA
: >
: > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
: > all may benefit.
: >
: > : > > Terry,
: > >
: > > Tried your suggestion. Didn't work. Toggled on and off but no change
of
: > view of
: > > document.
: > > This happens on all documents opened now, including ones created long
: > before
: > > this problem started. I don't like the idea of not seeing font
changes I
: > make
: > > on the screen. Any other ideas?
: > >
: > > Ron
: > >
: > > TF wrote:
: > >
: > > > Ah! Your granddaughter knows how to use a wordprocessor correctly!
Click
: > on
: > > > the ShowAll command on the toolbar (clue: it's the backwards facing
P
: > > > character called a pilcro).
: > > >
: > > > --
: > > > Terry Farrell - Word MVP
: > >
: > > >
: > > > : > > > : My granddaughter visited and now all documents come up with dots
: > between
: > > > : letters, paragraph symbols all through document, etc. How do i
reset
: > > > : Word (2000) back to the way it came from the factory?
: > > > :
: > > > : Thanks
: > > > :
: > > > : Ron
: > > > :
: > >
: