My MS Word has changed to Vertical typing instead of horizantal

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I don't know how it happened but everytime i open Word it types vertically
and I don't know how to change it back

Laura Romo
 
I don't know how it happened but everytime i open Word it types vertically
and I don't know how to change it back

Laura Romo
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Do you mean that the letters are still right-side-up but one under
another like
t
h
i
s
?

Look at the margins (in File > Page Setup) and the paragraph indents
(on the ruler or in Format > Paragraph). In one place or the other,
the Right measurement is probably set so that the text column is only
one character wide. If that's the case, change it back to its normal
setting and click the Default button.

If it happens for all new documents, it may be a case of the sort of
thing described at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm. That
article also describes how to fix it.

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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Jay Freedman said:
Do you mean that the letters are still right-side-up but one under
another like
t
h
i
s
?

Look at the margins (in File > Page Setup) and the paragraph indents
(on the ruler or in Format > Paragraph). In one place or the other,
the Right measurement is probably set so that the text column is only
one character wide. If that's the case, change it back to its normal
setting and click the Default button.

If it happens for all new documents, it may be a case of the sort of
thing described at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm. That
article also describes how to fix it.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.
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No it is typing from bottom of the page to the top. As if I fliped the page,
my cusor lays sideways on the page.
 
If you're in a text box, frame, or table, check Format | Text Direction.
Otherwise, I would have to think you might have enabled some bizarre Asian
IME (I don't know of any that write from the bottom, though).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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That's what I was thinking to, but can't seem to figure out how to change it.
I wonder if it's some weird virus
 
Is it just the typing area that is rotated or the whole screen? If the
latter, note that some screen drivers can rotate the screen display? If not
then there is definitely something amiss. I would suggest renaming
normal.dot and deleting the Word data key in the registry, and removing (at
least temporarily) any add-ins as suggested at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProbsOpeningWord.htm

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Yeah but that's only when you are in a text box


JoAnn Paules said:
Did you try Format|Text Direction?

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



Laura said:
That's what I was thinking to, but can't seem to figure out how to change
it.
I wonder if it's some weird virus
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Thank you Graham I will try

Graham Mayor said:
Is it just the typing area that is rotated or the whole screen? If the
latter, note that some screen drivers can rotate the screen display? If not
then there is definitely something amiss. I would suggest renaming
normal.dot and deleting the Word data key in the registry, and removing (at
least temporarily) any add-ins as suggested at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProbsOpeningWord.htm

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
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Did you check your margins in Page Setup with a new document? It's a remote
possibility, but could you have done something with Normal that would have
changed them? Like maybe set margins with a macro or such and slipped on a
decimal point? Or maybe check your style settings? Could you have picked
up a weird style from another doc and got it as the default?

Ed

Laura said:
Yeah but that's only when you are in a text box


JoAnn Paules said:
Did you try Format|Text Direction?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



Laura said:
That's what I was thinking to, but can't seem to figure out how to change
it.
I wonder if it's some weird virus

:

If you're in a text box, frame, or table, check Format | Text Direction.
Otherwise, I would have to think you might have enabled some bizarre
Asian
IME (I don't know of any that write from the bottom, though).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.



:

I don't know how it happened but everytime i open Word it types
vertically
and I don't know how to change it back

Laura Romo

Do you mean that the letters are still right-side-up but one under
another like
t
h
i
s
?

Look at the margins (in File > Page Setup) and the paragraph indents
(on the ruler or in Format > Paragraph). In one place or the other,
the Right measurement is probably set so that the text column is only
one character wide. If that's the case, change it back to its normal
setting and click the Default button.

If it happens for all new documents, it may be a case of the sort of
thing described at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm. That
article also describes how to fix it.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

No it is typing from bottom of the page to the top. As if I fliped the
page,
my cusor lays sideways on the page.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Or a frame or table.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Laura said:
Yeah but that's only when you are in a text box


JoAnn Paules said:
Did you try Format|Text Direction?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



Laura said:
That's what I was thinking to, but can't seem to figure out how to change
it.
I wonder if it's some weird virus

:

If you're in a text box, frame, or table, check Format | Text Direction.
Otherwise, I would have to think you might have enabled some bizarre
Asian
IME (I don't know of any that write from the bottom, though).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.



:

I don't know how it happened but everytime i open Word it types
vertically
and I don't know how to change it back

Laura Romo

Do you mean that the letters are still right-side-up but one under
another like
t
h
i
s
?

Look at the margins (in File > Page Setup) and the paragraph indents
(on the ruler or in Format > Paragraph). In one place or the other,
the Right measurement is probably set so that the text column is only
one character wide. If that's the case, change it back to its normal
setting and click the Default button.

If it happens for all new documents, it may be a case of the sort of
thing described at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm. That
article also describes how to fix it.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

No it is typing from bottom of the page to the top. As if I fliped the
page,
my cusor lays sideways on the page.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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