Help with Word!

manveruppd · 25 Oct 2009 at 20:31

I wouldn't ordinarily ask for help for something like this, but I've been scouring Word's menus and helpfiles for the past two hours with no success, and it's driving me up the wall, to the verge of sticking my hand into my monitor and
clawing out its heart!

Recently, every time I apply any kind of formatting to an entire paragraph (spacing, indentation, font, whatever), Word applies it to the entire document rather than just the selected paragraph. I urgently need to switch this off and have no idea how to!

First to reply gets a cookie and my undying gratitude!

fini · 25 Oct 2009 at 20:35

It sounds like your normal.dot is broken in some way - try overwriting it with one from another computer or uninstalling then reinstalling Office.

Beerbaron · 25 Oct 2009 at 20:40

i would also make sure office is up to date.

what version are u using?

manveruppd · 25 Oct 2009 at 20:50

Oh, sorry, I'm on 2003, although I've noticed that the copies of 2007 they use on public computers at my University also tend to do this.

I'll check if I have another copy of normal.dot anywhere, I used to back it up but I fell out of the habit in the last few months...

Uhtred · 25 Oct 2009 at 21:27

you can just delete it and it will create a fresh one if i recall...

fini · 25 Oct 2009 at 21:31

Zap said:
you can just delete it and it will create a fresh one if i recall...

This might be true - I didn't want to suggest it though in case I'd remembered wrong!

manveruppd · 25 Oct 2009 at 21:32

Hehe, I'd rather not try that cause I have a lot of autocomplete and autocorrect entries to help me with typing long German and Icelandic words with special characters!