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49191	2002-05-16 10:58:00	Some weeks ago, in Microsoft Word 2000, I formatted a document into two columns. Now every new document I start off is set in two columns - I cannot seem to return the automatic setting to the default 1 column. Any advice would be appreciated.	Guest (0)
49192	2002-05-16 11:28:00	Hi Judith, I have had Word for a while now, and the only way that i can see. Is you my have accidently saved as a template. Just gone through the process of columns and have no problems. Have you gone to Format/Columns and reset the columns there. Might help. Merlinnz :-)	Guest (0)
49193	2002-05-16 13:10:00	As merlin... has suggested you have probably saved something with double columns as a Normal Template. Load the Normal Template (assuming that that is the one you use - the name appears in a box near the top of the screen), change the setting back to single column (don't do anything else) and resave it. It's filename is normal.dot.	Guest (0)
49194	2002-06-01 10:08:00	Hi Judith Did you ever get a resolution to this? I had the same problem so I kept a link to this item in case someone came up with a cure. There were definitely no columns set in my normal.dot template. Anyway, today I decided to put a bit of time into it, and I eventually determined that it was in fact the absence of a template (at least in my case). On my Win NT system at work I had set up two profiles and I ended up using profile-B as my usual signon, whereas the 'file locations' in Word were pointed to the templates folder for Profile-A, which was empty. I simply changed the address for User Templates in the 'File Locations' tab of the Options dialog (tools menu) to the correct profile (whose templates folder DID have a normal.dot) and the problem was gone. Still, it's odd behaviour for Word to default to two columns rather than advise you that it couldn't find a template. Cheers John.	Guest (0)
49195	2002-06-02 01:53:00	Thanks for your response John. No, I haven't had a response yet which was helpful - tried them, but nothing worked yet. Am still working on the problem - and still irritated about having to change the setting for everydocument I start. One other part of the problem is that I'm not particulary knowledgeable or confident about 'getting under the bonnet' of my computer. Regards Judith Harper	Guest (0)
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