After some thought, it occurs to me that if this is Word 2003, probably what
you're seeing is Reading Layout view. Annoyingly, in this view there is no
status bar, so you can't switch to another view, but there is a Close button
on the (very unfamiliar) toolbar (or you can choose a different view from
the View menu). If this is what you're seeing, you can prevent it by
clearing the check box for "Allow starting in Reading Layout" on the General
tab of Tools | Options.
Corn-fused said:
When I go to page layout and try to reset everything to Normal for Whole
Document with one inch margins all around, and click OK (or Save, I forget)
it doesn't change a thing. I don't know how it became book layout in the
first place.