There are a few things to check. Chances are many readers already know these things, but it doesn't hurt to mention them. The biggest one is to make sure the view is set to normal. The setting is saved with each document, and Word seems to remember the last setting used, so this can change without you knowing it. also, on the view menu, under Zoom, most people find 75% to be the best value. Make sure that the only tool bars active off the view menu are standard and formatting, and under Tools, customize, make sure those tool bars are on two lines. And of course make sure both the program and child window are maximized. The child window is reached with alt-hyphen. I'm sure others will interject as well. Dean -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx