Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated October 21, 2017)
This tip applies to Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
Word is very flexible. You can customize your working environment to your heart's content. You can change menus, the toolbar, viewing and printing options, and many more variables. There may come a day, however, when you want to reset the Word menu structure to its default condition. When you do this, all the menu items will be set to the same condition they were when you first installed Word.
You can reset menus by following these steps:
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2019-04-15 08:21:14
jhanvi
when i start typing it start typing it starts from the top of the page
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