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John - Partially Retired - 01 May 2006 01:58 GMT

When starting new word document, page layout comes up in landscape. When I
try to change to portrait or any other modifications to page layout, I get
the message "Increasing right margin causes last column to become too narrow
in some sections having unevely spaced columns" - my document doesn't even
have any columns or tabs in it, just a single word. Rebooting hasn't helped
- Help ??

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garfield-n-odie [MVP] - 01 May 2006 04:45 GMT

Locate and open your Normal.dot file as described in Method 1 in
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm . Click
on Format | Columns | One | Apply to: Whole document | OK. Even
if "One" already appears to be selected, click on it anyway.
Type a character or two and delete what you just typed. Save the
Normal.dot file and close it.

> When starting new word document, page layout comes up in landscape. When I
> try to change to portrait or any other modifications to page layout, I get
> the message "Increasing right margin causes last column to become too narrow
> in some sections having unevely spaced columns" - my document doesn't even
> have any columns or tabs in it, just a single word. Rebooting hasn't helped
> - Help ??

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John - Partially Retired - 03 May 2006 03:10 GMT

I don't seem to have a normal.dot anywhere on my hard drive. Now What do I do?

John

> Locate and open your Normal.dot file as described in Method 1 in
> http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm . Click
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> > have any columns or tabs in it, just a single word. Rebooting hasn't helped
> > - Help ??

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 03 May 2006 03:17 GMT

Have you followed the instruction to display and search hidden files and
folders?

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> I don't seem to have a normal.dot anywhere on my hard drive. Now What do I do?
>
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> > > have any columns or tabs in it, just a single word. Rebooting hasn't helped
> > > - Help ??

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garfield-n-odie [MVP] - 03 May 2006 03:17 GMT

Yes, you do have a normal.dot on your hard drive. It is a hidden
file, so you need to follow the instructions for showing hidden
files and folders that are given in Method 1 in
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm .

> I don't seem to have a normal.dot anywhere on my hard drive. Now What do I do?
>
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
>>>have any columns or tabs in it, just a single word. Rebooting hasn't helped
>>>- Help ??

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John - Partially Retired - 04 May 2006 03:34 GMT

FOund the hidden normal.dot. Followed the instructions to rename it to
anything else, the started WORD and it created a new normal.dot which is
behaving correctly and "normal". Thanks for you help.

John

> Yes, you do have a normal.dot on your hard drive. It is a hidden
> file, so you need to follow the instructions for showing hidden
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> >>>have any columns or tabs in it, just a single word. Rebooting hasn't helped
> >>>- Help ??

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