How do I restore the original margin settings?

[crystal420]

I was playing around and I think I set the margin setting all wonky. Could
someone tell me what the original page margins are? I would be appreciative.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

For U.S. Letter, 1.25" left and right, 1" top and bottom, 0.5" header and
footer; for A4, I believe the equivalent in cm. One way to get back to the
default margins temporarily, just so you can see what they are, is to start
Word with the /a switch or (in recent versions) pressing Ctrl while loading.
This loads Word in Safe Mode, with the default Normal.dot. If you have made
no other modifications you want to save, you can rename Normal.dot, and Word
will generate a fresh factory-default copy; see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm

I was playing around and I think I set the margin setting all wonky. Could
someone tell me what the original page margins are? I would be

appreciative.

 

[Type Write]

When I tried loading Word in Safe Mode, I looked to see what the margins were
and they were 1" left and right, and 1" top and bottom. I am confused. Why
did Suzanne say the normal page margins for U.S. letter are 1.25 left and
right?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The default Left and Right margins are 1.25" in Word 2003 and earlier; they
are 1" in Word 2007. You didn't say what version you had?

 

[EFred]

All of a sudden my margins are measured in pts instead of inches.

How can i change back to inches?

Thanks

EFred

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Assuming Word 2003 or earlier, Tools | Options | General: Measurement
units--if you're really seeing points and not character units; but see
http://www.gmayor.com/Character_Units.htm

 

[vksaly]

i'M USING WORD 2007 AND HAVE SAME ISSUE " All of a sudden my margins are
measured in pts instead of inches.

How can i change back to inches?
I CAN'T SEEM TO LOCATE THE STEPS i OFTEN USED WITH THE 2003 VERSION.
APPRECIATE ANYONES HELP

 

[Terry Farrell]

Are you sure they are measured in points rather than Character Units? This
happens if you enable Asian Language support.

 

[Graham Mayor]

Word 2007
Office button > Word Options > Advanced > Display > Show measurements in
units of

or if that doesn't fix it, see
http://www.gmayor.com/Character_Units.htm


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[margin settings]

i have the same trouble as crystal420 and my portrait keeps changing to
landscape i believe smething is not set up right clive/lonly47

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Check the settings in the printer driver to make sure you haven't made
Landscape the default orientation.

 

[baguettes]

I was playing around and I think I set the margin setting all wonky. Could
someone tell me what the original page margins are? I would be appreciative.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Have you looked at any of the previous replies to this question?

 

[please send me reply to this question]

I was playing around and I think I set the margin setting all wonky. Could
someone tell me what the original page margins are? I would be appreciative.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Forget to add something?

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The default margins in Word 2003 and earlier are 1.25" left and right, 1"
top and bottom. In Word 2007, they're 1" all around.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[JoAnn Paules]

I'm a half inch gal myself. ;-)

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

But those are not the "original" page margins (if by "original" the OP meant
default out-of-the-box margins).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

I'm a half inch gal myself. ;-)

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

The default margins in Word 2003 and earlier are 1.25" left and right, 1"
top and bottom. In Word 2007, they're 1" all around.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[JoAnn Paules]

No, I leave the defaults alone and change them if I want smaller.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

But those are not the "original" page margins (if by "original" the OP
meant default out-of-the-box margins).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

I'm a half inch gal myself. ;-)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

The default margins in Word 2003 and earlier are 1.25" left and right,
1" top and bottom. In Word 2007, they're 1" all around.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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I was playing around and I think I set the margin setting all wonky.
Could
someone tell me what the original page margins are? I would be
appreciative.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

My point is that mentioning half-inch margins is not helping the OP.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

No, I leave the defaults alone and change them if I want smaller.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

But those are not the "original" page margins (if by "original" the OP
meant default out-of-the-box margins).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

I'm a half inch gal myself. ;-)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



The default margins in Word 2003 and earlier are 1.25" left and right,
1" top and bottom. In Word 2007, they're 1" all around.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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I was playing around and I think I set the margin setting all wonky.
Could
someone tell me what the original page margins are? I would be
appreciative.