Unchecking "Vertical ruler" should not change anything except your
perception of the problem. It's the "white space" setting that's relevant.

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> I found if you are having this problem you need to go to Tools, then Options,
> then uncheck: "Verticle Ruler". You may also need to check: "White Space
> between pages" option. This worked for me. It was wierd as suddenly my
> computer started doing this although no changes were made by me.