On visual tab, only have insert options. No H1, H2 etc, or any other options.

I have had plugins conflict with the editor.

all plug-ins disabled/deactivated. Cannot get formatting options. very frustrating.

What versions of WordPress and Atahualpa?

I have WP 3.0 and Atahualpa 3.4.9 Had all the formatting options before. they just left for some reason. blog.fixinggovernment.com

There are a couple of things I would try. The first and easiest is to apply the sub-menu bug fix in the New Versions and Updating forum. That may have a bearing. Then I would update Atahualpa to 3.5.3 following the instructions for manually updating in the same forum. I would update even if the previous fix worked as you can then use the WP 3 menu system which is quite nice. If after updating Ata you still want to use the Ata menu you will have to reapply the menu fix.

Alternatively you could just update Atahualpa to 3.5.3 an not bother with the menu fix at all if you intend to use the WP menu system.

Again I would emphasize to use the manual update method so if something is not quite right you can always revert to the previous version and as always backup the database first.

Appreciate your efforts miles, I did the upgrade. All seems to have completed successfully, however still no formatting options. the text box looks the same in visual and html view with no formatting option in either view. I can format in Word and it transfers fine. Cannot format in WP. 2 latest posts show diff. last post, no format. previous post shows formatting done in msword. It has got to be something I did? blog.fixinggovernment.com

I looked at the css.php and it seems the formatting options are listed.
global $bfa_ata;
...
?>
/* ------------------------------------------------------------------
---------- BASE LAYOUT ----------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------ */

body {
text-align: center; /* centering the page container,
text-align will be reset to left
inside the container */
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
<?php bfa_html_inserts($bfa_ata['body_style']); ?>
}

a:link, a:visited, a:active {
color: #<?php echo $bfa_ata['link_color']; ?>;
font-weight: <?php echo $bfa_ata['link_weight']; ?>;
text-decoration: <?php echo $bfa_ata['link_default_decoration']; ?>;
}

a:hover {
color: #<?php echo $bfa_ata['link_hover_color']; ?>;
font-weight: <?php echo $bfa_ata['link_weight']; ?>;
text-decoration: <?php echo $bfa_ata['link_hover_decoration']; ?>;
}

ul, ol, dl, p, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
margin-top: 10px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
padding-top: 0;
padding-bottom: 0;
}

/* remove margins on sub-lists */
ul ul, ul ol, ol ul, ol ol {
margin-top: 0;
margin-bottom: 0;
}
/*
h1 { font-size: 34px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0.3em 0 10px; }
h2 { font-size: 28px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 1em 0 .2em; }
h3 { font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 1em 0 .2em; }
h4 { font-size: 19px; margin: 1.33em 0 .2em; }
h5 { font-size: 1.3em; margin: 1.67em 0; font-weight: bold; }
h6 { font-size: 1.15em; margin: 1.67em 0; font-weight: bold; }
*/
code, pre {
font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;
font-size: 1em;
}

If you PM me with a login and password I could take a look.