How to stop first letter from italisizing when I place curser in a new line.

Question

When I am writing in Microsoft Word, if I just keep writing, it is good but if I move my cursor to anothe spot, it always defaults to italics. It is a fairly recent problem but I can not figure out how to fix it on my own.

Answer 1

It sounds like your Normal style may have been changed to italic. In the Home>Style Gallery, does it look italic?

Answer 2

If you have the desktop version of Word (= the full version running under Windows or macOS), set the default font for the document. Do the following: In the Font dialog box (Ctrl+D), specify the font and size you want. Also ensure that "Regular" is selected in the Font Style list. Click the Set as Default button. When prompted, choose to modify "this document only."

Answer 3

Hi Terri,

I'm another Word user.
For either Desktop or Web
Select All Text
Click the 'CLear Formatting' button in the visible menu"Font Box". It will remove the Italics.
(Clear Formatting is the Ab with fuschia color on top right of text box )

When I took Intermediate and Advanced Word training, we were taught to type all the text first, then go back, highlight and apply formatting. It actually goes faster than formatting as you go .

If you are using the Desktop version, check to see if your default document was accidentally saved with Italics as the default.

Hope this helps. If you have