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DM - 22 Dec 2003 20:11 GMT

I have a template that someone else created that has a
right margin that looks to be about 2". I have looked
EVERYWHERE for this setting:

File..Page Layout..Margins - Whole Document is set to .8"
Paragraph style (bodytext) - Left Hanging .5
Bodytext inherits Normal para style - no indentations
All other para styles are set to .8"

I am going out of my mind trying to find where this margin
setting is. Is there something I'm missing?

Thanks in advance.
DH

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Jay Freedman - 22 Dec 2003 20:50 GMT

It's possible that there's an empty, borderless text box anchored in either
the header or the footer, with text wrapping around it. Try opening the
header area (in Page Layout view) and clicking in the empty space to the
right of the regular text. If the dashed border of a text box appears,
select it and delete it.

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> I have a template that someone else created that has a
> right margin that looks to be about 2". I have looked
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> Thanks in advance.
> DH

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- 22 Dec 2003 20:54 GMT

I think I figured this out, but I have no idea the "why"
of the situation. On the Reviewing toolbar there is
a "Show" drop-down. I had Formatting toggled to be on.
When I turned this off, then went back and reset my margin
to .8, the document fixed itself.

Again, I don't fully understand what this Formatting
feature is, but at least I know to stay away from it.

DH

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 22 Dec 2003 21:15 GMT

If you have Track Changes enabled, then Word shrinks the document to make
the right margin wide enough for the change and comment "balloons."

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Microsoft MVP (Word)

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