Word 2003 - Page size displays incorrectly

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Adam

for some reason the page display size is only showing 7"x9" even though all
my setting show that it is set at 8.5"x11". What would cause such a thing to
happen and what can I do to fix it.

I have tried repairing the problem and reinstalling the software. Do I need
to uninstall the software and then install it again. I have some templates I
had made that will come up with the correct display of 8.5"x11", but any new
documents only show 7"x9".....

Thanks for your help
 
D

darwincr

Anne Troy replied:
If you're saying the page SIZE (File-->Page setup) is 7 x 9, then just edit
your normal.dot file:
http://www.officearticles.com/word/about_normal_dot_in_microsoft_word.htm
If there's other things wrong, you may want to rename your normal.dot. All
instructions at the link.
Click to expand...

I have this same problem. Re-naming the Normal template didn't help.
The program insists on displaying new blank documents as if they were
7" x 9", even though it prints them out correctly. This makes laying
out documents onscreen rather difficult. Does anyone else have any
suggestions?

Cheers,

Juan
 
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darwincr

Anne Troy replied:
If you're saying the page SIZE (File-->Page setup) is 7 x 9, then just edit
your normal.dot file:
http://www.officearticles.com/word/about_normal_dot_in_microsoft_word.htm
If there's other things wrong, you may want to rename your normal.dot. All
instructions at the link.
Click to expand...

I have this same problem. Re-naming the Normal template didn't help.
The program insists on displaying new blank documents as if they were
7" x 9", even though it prints them out correctly. This makes laying
out documents onscreen rather difficult. Does anyone else have any
suggestions?

Cheers,

Juan
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

Can you describe what you are seeing? If you are seeing that the ruler shows
7" x 9", then this represents just the document body area (inside the
margins).
 
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