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Sergenet - 15 Jun 2004 15:56 GMT

The default margins in word 2002 are set to 1" top and
bottom, 1.25" left and right. When I open a new blank page
to work on, the curser is set at the very top of the page
with no margin at all. I check the page setup and it shows
the margins set correctly as stated above. It was working
fine and now it is not. I scanned for viruses and spyware
and that did not help. I reinstalled office xp and that
did not help. Any ideas?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 15 Jun 2004 17:31 GMT

See "Where did my header and footer go?"
http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/WhiteSpace.htm

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> The default margins in word 2002 are set to 1" top and
> bottom, 1.25" left and right. When I open a new blank page
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> and that did not help. I reinstalled office xp and that
> did not help. Any ideas?

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Greg - 15 Jun 2004 17:38 GMT

Are you in print layout view? View>Print Layout

Not sure if this feature was added with 2002 or 2003, but
check Tools>Options>View>Print and Web layout options.
Check or uncheck (not sure which) the white space between
pages (or something like that)

>-----Original Message-----
>The default margins in word 2002 are set to 1" top and
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>did not help. Any ideas?
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sergenet - 15 Jun 2004 17:59 GMT

>-----Original Message-----
>Are you in print layout view? View>Print Layout
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>Check or uncheck (not sure which) the white space between
>pages (or something like that)

I am in normal view. I just click on new document and a
blank screen comes up with the cursor at the very top of
the page.

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Greg - 15 Jun 2004 18:31 GMT

Margin representation is not displayed in Normal view.
Shift to print layout view to see a representation of your
margin settings.

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Charles Kenyon - 15 Jun 2004 18:39 GMT

Read Suzanne Barnhill's response.

> >-----Original Message-----
> >Are you in print layout view? View>Print Layout
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> blank screen comes up with the cursor at the very top of
> the page.

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