Trouble with MS Word line spacing

:confused I am having an annoying problem with word that I hope somebody can advise me on.
Every time I open a new word document the curser is at the top as per usual, but when I type some words and hit "enter" the curser jumps to the bottom of the page. I have to hit "enter" as many times as there are lines on the page to be able to type a normal document. The line spacing setting doesn't make any difference, and when I open saved documents they are OK.
I have XP Home, SP2
I use word for work and it is ticking me off no end. I hope someone can help with this,
Cheers.

 

Ekk, I'm not 100% sure on this one but try Format -> reveal formatting it should show you a selection of all setting that are currently in use for your text.

See if that helps.

Good luck.

 

Thanks wOtsOn and Halo,
I used the link Halo supplied and sorted it easily. I had 2 normal.dot files, one called newnormal.dot that was the file that opened with a new word doc. I think it came about through a system restore but I'm not sure. I got rid of it and went back to the normal.dot template and it worked like a charm.
I don't know why I couldn't find the answer myself, but you know what they say about old dogs and new tricks.
Cheers.