Formatting trouble

F

Fountain

Please help me if you can. I have windows vista and word for window
2000, or at least I think I do.

When I type a word document in 12 font, with the dictionary set to U.
it stays fine and formats how I want it to. It puts in numbers fo
points and keeps the subscript and superscript numbers how they shoul
be. Then when the document is closed and re-opened it has a whole lis
of command text and symbols at the end of it. Also the font has change
back to 10, the dictionary is in U.S and the numbered points appear a
a single paragraph. I am stuck as to how to change this.

Any suggestions welcom
 
J

Jay Freedman

Fountain said:
Please help me if you can. I have windows vista and word for windows
2000, or at least I think I do.

When I type a word document in 12 font, with the dictionary set to U.K
it stays fine and formats how I want it to. It puts in numbers for
points and keeps the subscript and superscript numbers how they should
be. Then when the document is closed and re-opened it has a whole
list of command text and symbols at the end of it. Also the font has
changed back to 10, the dictionary is in U.S and the numbered points
appear as a single paragraph. I am stuck as to how to change this.

Any suggestions welcome

You have the Open dialog set to use the "Recover text from any file" setting
in the "Files of type" box at the bottom.

In Word 2000 that setting is "sticky" -- once set, it stays there until you
change it. In later versions, the dangers of this were recognized, and the
setting automatically reverts to "Word documents" after one use.

See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/RecoverText.htm for more info.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.
 
F

Fountain

Jay said:
Fountain wrote:-
Please help me if you can. I have windows vista and word for windows
2000, or at least I think I do.

When I type a word document in 12 font, with the dictionary set t
U.K
it stays fine and formats how I want it to. It puts in numbers for
points and keeps the subscript and superscript numbers how the
should
be. Then when the document is closed and re-opened it has a whole
list of command text and symbols at the end of it. Also the font has
changed back to 10, the dictionary is in U.S and the numbered points
appear as a single paragraph. I am stuck as to how to change this.

Any suggestions welcome-

You have the Open dialog set to use the "Recover text from any file
setting
in the "Files of type" box at the bottom.

In Word 2000 that setting is "sticky" -- once set, it stays there unti
you
change it. In later versions, the dangers of this were recognized, an
the
setting automatically reverts to "Word documents" after one use.

See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/RecoverText.htm for mor
info.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to th
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Thankyou that's sorted it. Really helpful information
 

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