Display file format conversion panel on open in Word using this guide. Enable or disable this option using Word Options, GPEDIT, and REGEDIT.

How to Keep the Format From Messing Up When You're Using Microsoft Word 2010. Document formatting consistency serves as a hallmark of professionalism in presentations, proposals and reports.

Word's Home menu shows a simple style menu where you can choose from the built-in Word styles. To show the real thing, click the Change Styles button to the right of those built-in styles.