Document is truncated to only one page

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Peter Rooney

I start a New document and start to type. I can't go past the first page,
even though I keep filling the document with lines. When I do
Tools/Wordcount, it shows a document of 1 page although it may have 100 or
more lines.

I can solve the problem clumsily like this:
SAVE AS mydoc.RTF
Exit
Open WordPad and open the RTF. Edit it.
Close WordPad, go back to Word, and open the RTF.
This gives me the entire document.

I suspect the problem has something to do with NORMAL.DOT.
 
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Jay Freedman

I start a New document and start to type. I can't go past the first page,
even though I keep filling the document with lines. When I do
Tools/Wordcount, it shows a document of 1 page although it may have 100 or
more lines.

I can solve the problem clumsily like this:
SAVE AS mydoc.RTF
Exit
Open WordPad and open the RTF. Edit it.
Close WordPad, go back to Word, and open the RTF.
This gives me the entire document.

I suspect the problem has something to do with NORMAL.DOT.
Click to expand...

Try this: Open Normal.dot directly (use the File > Open dialog and
navigate to the Templates folder). Go to Format > Columns and select
"One", even if it's already selected. Click OK. Insert a space and
then delete it (that "dirties" the template so Word realizes it has to
save it). Save and close. Now try making a new blank document.

If that doesn't help, rename Normal.dot and restart Word to make a new
one, as described at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm.
 
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