Keep current line format when enter to new line

[tonycasazza]

Word 2000: OK, I start a new Word document, setup some custom tabs, add some text and numbers using those tabs, then when I hit enter at the end of that line and create a new line, I lose all my line formatting on that new line. The tab stops default back to the Word default. I also have Word 2002 (installed on a different computer) and it behaves normally by tranferring the current line format to the new line.

Is there a setting under OPTIONS that controls how Word behaves?

Thank you for any help!