Disable the Automatic Bulleting and Numbering Feature List of 12 items . Open the format menu of Microsoft Word (ALT-O) . Cursor down to autoformatting and press ENTER . Press ALT-O to open the options dialog . Press CTRL-TAB twice to access the "autoformat as you type" property sheet . TAB to "automatic bulleted lists . If the option is checked, press SPACEBAR to uncheck it. This checkbox should be unchecked. . Press TAB once more to locate "automatic numbered lists" . If the check box is checked, press SPACEBAR to uncheck it. This check box should be unchecked. . Press TAB until "replace smart quotes with straight quotes" is located . If this checkbox is checked, uncheck it. This checkbox should be unchecked. . Press ENTER to sclose the dialog and save the changes . Press TAB until the close button is located and press ENTER list end Configure the Toolbars and menus of Microsoft Word List of 8 items . Open the tools menu (ALT- t) . Cursor down to "customize" and press ENTER . Press ALT-O to access the options property sheet . Press TAB once to access the "standard and formatting toolbars share one row." option. . If the check box is checked, uncheck it by pressing SPACEBAR. This option should be unchecked. . Press TAB once to locate the "menus show recently used commands first" option . If this check box is checked, uncheck it by pressing SPACEBAR. This checkbox should be unchecked. . Press ENTER to close the dialog and save the changes list end Configuring the Display List of 7 items . Open the view menu (ALT-V) . If the "normal" option is not checked, press ENTER to check it. . open the view menu (ALT-V) . Cursor down to toolbars and press ENTER . Be sure that "standard" and "formatting" are checked. If any other options are checked, press enter to disable them - re-enter the menu and continue until all the other options are disabled. . Open the view menu (ALT-V) . Cursor down to ruler. If this option is not checked, press ENTER to check it. This option should be enabled. -- 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