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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
> for some reason whenever I pull up Word, the doc wants to create 2 columns
> on
> the page instead of a full sheet. How do I reset this to always just come
> up
> with a regular full page doc?