Thanks Mike,
I've tried the first option it still comes back to 270 , got me stuffed.
Guess I'll have to try the F8 option, unfortunately it's on the PC at work, (I'm at home, 9pm Aussie time), so will give that a go in the morning.
I think it's really cross with me I even tried removing that command icon from the toolbar and reinserting it and yup 270 back again.

Thanks Mike,
I used the F8 this morning and it's back to normal, I just had to set up a few custom icons, I'll have a play with the settings on your last post to see if I can work out what happened.

appreciate your help.

regards Clive.