There are a couple of defaults I would like to know how
to change, if possible.
When I paste something in to the document I am working on
now, up pops the paste options button.  If I click on it,

I am working on a table and there is a paragraph mark
separating two rows.  I have tried to delete it to no
avail.  I have checked to see that it wasn't considered a
row of the table.  I don't know what it is!

How do I change the measurement type in the paragraph
spacing function -- from 'px' to 'pt'?
For some unknown reason Word 2002 has switched from
using 'pt' to 'px'. It's really inconvenient because it

I'm having a wierd problem. The paragraph spacing
formatting option is now reading as 'px' rather
than 'pt'. I don't know how this happened and it's really
inconveninet when I'm used to measuring in 'pt's. I can't

Is is okay for me to redefine Word's built-in styles (e.g. Header 1,
Header 2, List Indent 1, List Indent 2)?  Or is it "safer" for me to
create my own user-defined styles from scratch?
I don't want my style definitions getting screwed up if I open up

Sections 1 and 2 of my document are portrait and
landscape, respectively, but Word (page setup) wont let me
switch back to portrait in a new section.
Error msg. "Settings you chose for the left and right

I have a problem with field codes and printing:
When I insert a page number, for instance, in a word document, I do
see the numbers (1 for page 1, 2 for page2, etc) but when I go in
print preview, I only see { PAGE }.

All of the sudden, at the bottom of every Word 97
document, there is a long list (pages) of command words -
one word or string of word commands that relate to
formatting of the document.  This now occur at the end of

hello, newbie poster here.
i have a problem which is rather hard to try and explain, but here goes :).
I am trying to figure out how to insert a backdrop into a word document, so
that it will print say draft or sample feigntly in the background, and then

Hi,
I am working with a large document that is spread across
several files.  Each of these files uses the same base
template.

I have to create an Index in Word from a document created
with a MailMerge.  There are no Index entries.  Is it
possible to create the index without index entries?  If
so, how?

I need to start my page numbers on page three of my
document. Page 1 & 2 are to stay unnumbered. How is this
done?

I've added a whole bunch of things to my normal.dot file over the
years:  macros, styles, autotexts, etc.  But I've heard that it's not
safe to put everything into normal.dot, in case of corruption.
So, is the solution as simple as just copying and renaming normal.dot

Product: MS Word 2002 (English version)
Does anyone know where to find the following commands in
the toolbar customization dialog box:
- Shadow

Often when I work with rather big documents (~40-60 pages) with a lot of
formatting, tables, headings etc, they get all messed up after a while.
The file ends up being impossible to work with and the only solution that I
have come up with so far is to copy-paste all the data (as ...