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PMW - 12 May 2005 02:50 GMT

I've been unable to adjust the starting point for headings, paragraphs, etc.
in a document I'm working in. The margins are set for 1" (top & bottom) but
the starting point for typing begins 1" below the "gray area" on the ruler.
To no avail, I attempted to fix by adjusting the margins in page setup. When
I originally opened the document, this problem did not exist and i cannot for
the life of me think of anything I did to change it. Any suggestions???

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 12 May 2005 03:58 GMT

I can't quite visualize what's happening from your description, but see if
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/WhiteSpace.htm solves your problem.

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> I've been unable to adjust the starting point for headings, paragraphs, etc.
> in a document I'm working in. The margins are set for 1" (top & bottom) but
> the starting point for typing begins 1" below the "gray area" on the ruler.
> To no avail, I attempted to fix by adjusting the margins in page setup. When
> I originally opened the document, this problem did not exist and i cannot for
> the life of me think of anything I did to change it. Any suggestions???

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PMW - 12 May 2005 16:38 GMT

Basically the problem is regardless of what I have the the top/bottom margins
(whether it be 1" or 5") set at, the top and bottom lines of text are always
in the same place. I checked the site that you all suggested but I don't
think it's the problem. I can see whole page. I just can't change my
starting/stopping point on a page.

> I can't quite visualize what's happening from your description, but see if
> http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/WhiteSpace.htm solves your problem.
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> for
> > the life of me think of anything I did to change it. Any suggestions???

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 12 May 2005 22:40 GMT

Does your style have some Space Before? Is the vertical alignment set to
Center (Layout tab of Page Setup)?

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> Basically the problem is regardless of what I have the the top/bottom margins
> (whether it be 1" or 5") set at, the top and bottom lines of text are always
[quoted text clipped - 16 lines]
> > for
> > > the life of me think of anything I did to change it. Any suggestions???

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PMW - 13 May 2005 00:37 GMT

I deleted the headers/footers my margins were fixed. My old assistant said
(after the fact) that the header/footer box increased in size (apparently a
common occurance??) and I could have just deleted lines w/ in the
header/footer box to fix the problem.

Anyway....thanks for the help. Greatly appreciate it.

> Does your style have some Space Before? Is the vertical alignment set to
> Center (Layout tab of Page Setup)?
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> > > > the life of me think of anything I did to change it. Any
> suggestions???

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Jay Freedman - 12 May 2005 04:06 GMT

>I've been unable to adjust the starting point for headings, paragraphs, etc.
>in a document I'm working in. The margins are set for 1" (top & bottom) but
>the starting point for typing begins 1" below the "gray area" on the ruler.
>To no avail, I attempted to fix by adjusting the margins in page setup. When
>I originally opened the document, this problem did not exist and i cannot for
>the life of me think of anything I did to change it. Any suggestions???

Tools > Options > View > check "White space between pages".

See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/WhiteSpace.htm.

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