Paragraph format screwy / "Alignment:" grayed out ...

[paulshikleejr]

Suddenly yesterday, when I opened Word to create a document, the formatting
(it seems) paragraphs is different and screwy. When I type, the location of
the word and characters shift back and forth (short jumps left/right). The
left justify, center, right justify, justify, and related buttons on my
toolbar are grayed out. In fact, when I go to "Format > Paragraph > Indents
and Spacing" the "Alignment:" dropdown is grayed out (also "Don't add space
between paragraphs of the same style" is gray, but I don't know if it's
always been like that or not). I don't know if this is the case, but t seems
that I'm stuck in some weird HTML editing mode. I didn't change any settings
that I can remember and I can't find anything seemingly relevant under the
"Tools > AutoCorrect Options... > [ANY TAB]" or "Tools > Options... > [ANY
TAB]". I started using FireFox several weeks ago (I continue to use IE7 as
well). Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Stefan Blom]

Exit Word and then rename the normal.dot file. When you restart Word, do
things work properly?

For general troubleshooting, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProblemsStartingWord.htm.

 

[paulshikleejr]

Yes!

That worked.

Does this mean that I inadvertently saved something to my default settings?

How might this have happened (so I'll be able to avoid this in the future)?

Thank you!

Exit Word and then rename the normal.dot file. When you restart Word, do
things work properly?

For general troubleshooting, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProblemsStartingWord.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Suddenly yesterday, when I opened Word to create a document, the
formatting
(it seems) paragraphs is different and screwy. When I type, the location
of
the word and characters shift back and forth (short jumps left/right).
The
left justify, center, right justify, justify, and related buttons on my
toolbar are grayed out. In fact, when I go to "Format > Paragraph >
Indents
and Spacing" the "Alignment:" dropdown is grayed out (also "Don't add
space
between paragraphs of the same style" is gray, but I don't know if it's
always been like that or not). I don't know if this is the case, but t
seems
that I'm stuck in some weird HTML editing mode. I didn't change any
settings
that I can remember and I can't find anything seemingly relevant under the
"Tools > AutoCorrect Options... > [ANY TAB]" or "Tools > Options... > [ANY
TAB]". I started using FireFox several weeks ago (I continue to use IE7
as
well). Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.