Page Setup dialog box

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jfg

I have Word 2003.

I have read that I could open the Page Setup dialog box by double-clicking
at the top of the Ruler. When I double-click at the top of the Ruler, I get
the Customize dialog box, not the Page Setup dialog box. Why is this so?

Thank you for any help you can give me.
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

You can get the Customize dialog by double-clicking on the empty area at the
end any toolbar, but I don't get Customize by clicking anywhere on the
ruler. If the toolbar above your ruler is so short that the area where
you're clicking is empty (wouldn't happen to me--I fill 'em up), then
perhaps you're missing the ruler and hitting the toolbar?
 
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Jay Freedman

I have Word 2003.

I have read that I could open the Page Setup dialog box by double-clicking
at the top of the Ruler. When I double-click at the top of the Ruler, I get
the Customize dialog box, not the Page Setup dialog box. Why is this so?

Thank you for any help you can give me.
Click to expand...

The ruler sits within a gray "border" around the page, and the
toolbars sit in another gray area above that. The "Customize" dialog
comes from double-clicking in the toolbar area, meaning your cursor
was a little too high.

Rather than trying to get the cursor on the three- or four-pixel-high
region between the ruler and the toolbar, put it in the blank area
either to the right or to the left of the ruler and double-click
there. That will indeed open the Page Setup dialog. (And
double-clicking in the ruler itself will open the Tabs dialog, while
also inserting a tab stop at the point where you clicked.)

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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jfg

Thank you for responding, Suzanne.

I was evidently clicking on the toolbar area. I remedied the difficulty of
clicking in the right spot by following Jay's suggestion that I click to the
right of the ruler. This brought up the Page Setup dialog box.

Have a very Good one.

jfg
 
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jfg

Thank you, Jay.

Clicking to the right of the Ruler brought up the Page Setup dialog box.

Wishing you the very best,

jfg
 
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