I have Word 2000 but perhaps the same keystrokes would apply as in later versions. Could somebody please give me a step by step guide as to how to remove all font attributes including italics etc., headings and paragraph and tab settings and anything else like that. The idea would be to apply the settings that are associated with the "normal style" and a new document in Word on my computer and then start from scratch. Correct me if I'm wrong but I find that sometimes accepted keystrokes like Control+shift+n return the style etc to the "normal style" of the actual imported document rather than the normal style as it is set up within Word on my PC. I am rather confused. Thanks for any help. Peter Bentley __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4905 (20100301) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com