So...when you open normal.dot, it looks this way? Are you opening normal.dot by File>Open instead of File>New? Linda Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com ABC Free Ezine ~ Free Ebooks and Tutorials *all outgoing mail scanned by Norton AV. If you got a bug that looks like it came from me, it did NOT! -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Glenda Wells Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 10:49 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Word 2003 tried that first linda. when you look at the blank page, the cursor is all the way at the top of the screen, even in normal or print view. it almost looks like the document opened up in web layout which the look should change if one changes the view but it doesn't...i mean the view changes but the cursor remains at the very top. the only thing that gets the cursor into the body is to view header then close the header. weird, huh? /g ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************