Word 2007 inserts blank space at first location on every page

[Meri Reinhold]

I have a multi page document. Word 2007 has inserted a blank space in the
first location on every page. If I edit the document and the text that was
line 1 moves down, the space is gone, but the new text will now have a space.
This space is visible both on the screen and the printed page. I have read
all the Word help files and many of the threads on this site and I don't see
this problem addressed anywhere. Can you help?

 

[Meri Reinhold]

I should add that I have looked at the codes "behind" my document. On the
pages where the extra space does NOT exist, there are two paragraph marks and
the test starts in the third line location, on the pages where the extra
space does exist, the text starts immediately after the second paragraph
mark. Actually, I prefer there be no paragraph marks at all as it starts my
text too far down the page and changing the margins does not help. How can I
control these hidden paragraph marks?

 

[Jay Freedman]

For the space at the start of the first line, try
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/UnaccountablyIndented.htm.

For the hidden paragraph marks, these may also be in the header, so you
should try to delete them from there (you won't be able to delete the first
one).

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[Meri Reinhold]

Ok, I could not make that work. I could not find any box other than the one
which held the page numbers, so I deleted that. There is nothing in either
my header or footer but I still have the indented line at the top of the
page. This document was originally created in Word 2003 and is now being
used in Word 2007. Any other suggestions?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you're using Insert | Page Numbers to insert page numbers (which is what
it sounds like), then it is even more likely that you have a wandering empty
frame. If you display text boundaries, it is much easier to spot these
frames, although clicking around in the vicinity of where the disruption
occurs should probably turn it up. You have to be in the header layer to be
able to access it.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Meri Reinhold]

How do I do that? In the article that was recommended, the steps involved
choosing menu items that do not exist in Word 2007 - at lease as far as I can
see. When I select "insert header/footer" I then choose "edit header", there
is a Paragraph mark, but i cannot delete it. I can highlight it, but I
cannot "cut" it or "delete" it. If I right click it, I get a list of
options, but none of them work, investigating options such as paragraph don't
lead anywhere either. There is no Tools-options as your article suggests.
There is a "view" tab for the document but it lists only document views,
show/hide, zoom, window, macros as the choices - there is nothing about text
boundaries or text options of any sort. I feel certain the problem was
created as you suggested, by using "insert page number" instead of using the
insert page number button on the header/footer toolbar, but the solution as
it is written doesn't seem to work for me.

Does it make a difference on which page I am attempting to do this? I have
tried several pages, but the formatting options don't really change from page
to page.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

To access the header or footer in Word 2007, you just double-click in the
header or footer area. Text boundaries is at Office Button | Word Options |
Advanced | Show Document Content.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Meri Reinhold]

I found it, and the hidden text box.....THANK YOU!!!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Glad you got there in the end.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org