Hi slickcondo,

Changing Office versions is unlikely to resolve the issue. It seems most likely that the problem is related to a setting somewhere (perhaps in Word's 'Normal' template or in a registry entry). Changing versions won't help because those settings will remain unless Word's 'Normal' template or the offending registry entry is deleted/corrected - something uninstalling Word has no effect on.

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Cheers,
Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]