How do you change the default startup document. I have tried opening
a blank document, setting the font, margins, layout etc. the way I want
and then saving as Doc1.dot and Document1.dot in the STARTUP folder,
but no go with either.

Hai,
  I'm Arun Prasath new to this group.i don't know how to convert gif
image  to doc.any one please say how to convert this giff file.Is it
possible to convert or not.I tried but i could not do so.please send

I see from earlier messages that I am not the only one having a problem with
the date being automatically entered after just a few keystrokes that are
supposed to get the whole auto date started.  Is anyone aware of when a fix
for this is due to come out??

I'm trying to apply a saved email template to an Outlook email. This is
a .dot file, I've used it before (about a year ago) and now I can't
remember how I did it.
The instructions I found in Word help and a Word book are as follows:

I installed the Proof Languages (muisetup.exe) and they apparently were
installed without problems. No error messages.
But when I use MSOffice 2003 Pro and do a spellcheck for German, I first
highlight the text, then select languages under Tools, select German, then

Hi, I just started using word 2003, and  I need to set up newsletter columns
for a school project. The help feature tells me to select "columns" from the  
standard toolbar. I've checked to make sure that I have the standard toolbar
up, and it says that I do. I cannot for the life ...

Ok I recently upgraded to Word 07 from Word 03. I don't really like the
layout of it, for example the buttons and the tabs. Is there anyway I can
keep Word 07 and make it "Look" like Word 03, with the classic menu drop down
boxes?

I tables in my CV and some formatting warnings (green line underneath).
How can I save my document so that these lines never appear (even for
those receiving the doc) and show the msword doc without the table
borders (which dont appear in the pronted version of the document).

If you make the mistake of using Outline view to create a list, or if
you somehow end up with an outline you want to print, you will find
that the result of printing an outline is a useless, unformatted list
of headings, line after line with no indentations.

I was trying to add a add'l line of space between the addresses for a letter.
However, I apparently hit the enter key too much & want to close up the gap.

Usually I change these margins from the
"page setup" area.
I can change the left/right margins this way,
but the top/bottom margins have disappeared

How can a single word (under the cursor) being selected in MS Word
(2000 or 2003)?
Just the same as the double-click with the mouse does. I can't seem to
find any reference in any help file or documentation.

after typing in text in the

I have a problem with opening a new document. My trouble is that, after
typing in text in the document and saving it, then closing Word, now,
every time I open Word anew, instead of being presented with a new, clean
document, I'm faced with the same text I saved under another ...

My partner is a researcher and, as such copies and pastes information from
the web into word.
1) Sometimes on pasting into Word the spaces between words are very long
(more like using long tabs).   Presumably this is a formatting thing.