MS Word Footer Misalignment

[GUSwim8]

Hi all, this has been driving me nuts for quite some time: for some
reason, the footer area in my MS word documents (new, template, or old
(including created on another computer/OS) is misaligned. The footer
area (as indicated by the dotted line) is the right size, but it's
positioned at the very bottom of the page (without the small area
reserved for the unprintable area of the page). This leaves an
unusable area between the end of the main body text (which, as
expected, ends 7.5 in. from the top of the page) and the top of the
footer area. Depending on the printer, the footer may be clipped.

I can change the footer size, bottom margin, etc., but it doesn't
affect the fact that the area is still drawn from the bottom of the
page.

Completely reinstalling MS Office (including preferences, Normal
template and other user data) did not help. It doesn't appear to be
user-specific (I tried it on a standard account that I use only for
troubleshooting and the bug is still there). Creating a new, custom
page size with significantly greater unprintable bottom print area did
not help.

I'm at a loss. Any suggestions would be most welcome. I'm using Mac OS
X 10.6.3, MS Office 2004 v11.5.0.

Thanks!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

That is just the way the footer is displayed. The footer text is always at
the top of the box, which represents the footer margin, and is pushed down
as you add more.

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

 

[GUSwim8]

Oops, I stand corrected. Thanks for the prompt response!