Last month, my computer was re-formatted. AAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!! Things
are not working correctly, and I'm getting error messages, but that is beside
my question.

I reinstalled Office 2000 Pro. Told most of it to work off the computer
rather than the disk (our disks are wearing out). I cannot get the text
boxes to resize/reposition easily - they keep jumping around, or go larger or
smaller than what I want. I have tried using the alt key and dragging, but
they still jump all over, or automatically enlarge or reduce.

Do I need to reinstall Word again? Prior to the reformat, I had Word
working just the way I wanted it to work. Could use the alt key to drag text
boxes, move tabs, etc. Now, none of that works, and I'm FRUSTRATED!!!

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I have a "love/hate" relationship with computers - I love them, they hate me!

Display the Drawing toolbar ( View | Toolbars | Drawing ). On the
Drawing toolbar, click on Draw | Grid. To fix your larger/smaller
problem, change the horizontal and vertical spacing to 1/8" or some such
relatively small increment. To fix your Alt+drag problem, check the
"Snap objects to grid" and "Use margins" boxes and uncheck the "Snap
objects to other objects" box. Click on Default | OK. If you are
prompted to save changes to your global template when you exit Word, say
yes.

CJBookie wrote:

> Last month, my computer was re-formatted. AAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!! Things
> are not working correctly, and I'm getting error messages, but that is beside
> my question.
>
> I reinstalled Office 2000 Pro. Told most of it to work off the computer
> rather than the disk (our disks are wearing out). I cannot get the text
> boxes to resize/reposition easily - they keep jumping around, or go larger or
> smaller than what I want. I have tried using the alt key and dragging, but
> they still jump all over, or automatically enlarge or reduce.
>
> Do I need to reinstall Word again? Prior to the reformat, I had Word
> working just the way I wanted it to work. Could use the alt key to drag text
> boxes, move tabs, etc. Now, none of that works, and I'm FRUSTRATED!!!
>

AWESOME!!! Thank you so much! You have saved me from a huge headache.
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I have a "love/hate" relationship with computers - I love them, they hate me!


"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:

> Display the Drawing toolbar ( View | Toolbars | Drawing ). On the
> Drawing toolbar, click on Draw | Grid. To fix your larger/smaller
> problem, change the horizontal and vertical spacing to 1/8" or some such
> relatively small increment. To fix your Alt+drag problem, check the
> "Snap objects to grid" and "Use margins" boxes and uncheck the "Snap
> objects to other objects" box. Click on Default | OK. If you are
> prompted to save changes to your global template when you exit Word, say
> yes.