margins

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PMW

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???
 
J

Jay Freedman

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???
Click to expand...

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

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

PMW

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.
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

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

PMW

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.
 
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