New Word docs starts in center of page

[Domingo Martin]

Hi,

Every time that I open a new Word doc the cursor starts down to the the
center of the page (at 5.5 inches from the top). In pqge setup, all the
margins seems correct except the header size is way too long and I have
problems adjusting it. How do I correct this problem for all new word docs?

Thanks.

-Martin
Word v. X

 

[Clive Huggan]

Try this on a new blank document, Martin:

[I'm in Word 2001. Your version of Word may be a little different in this
feature; please post back if it's *very* different and someone else should
be able to help.]

Format menu -> Document -> "Layout" tab -> Vertical alignment -> from the
pop-down menu, select "Top".

If that fixes your problem, open your Normal template, do it again and save
the change to the template.


-- Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
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[Beth Rosengard]

Hi Martin,

Replace your Normal template and trash it if the new one proves
trouble-free. Here's the procedure:

Quit Word and navigate to your Normal template which should be in
/Applications/Microsoft Office X/Templates/. Rename Normal to something else
(like OldNormal), then relaunch Word. If this fixes the problem but you
have customizations, etc, in OldNormal that you want to maintain, you can
use Organizer to transfer those from OldNormal to the newly-created Normal
template. Then you can trash the old renamed file. To learn how to use
Organizer, see here (use IE not Safari to view this site):
<http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/WordMac/MacWordNormalTemplate.htm>

If this doesn't fix the problem, quit Word again, trash the new Normal and
rename OldNormal back to Normal.

Alternatively ­ and if you do have a lot of customizations you want to keep
­ you could open your Normal template, fix the spacing and save your
changes. Otherwise it's easier just to trash Normal.

--
Beth Rosengard
Mac MVP

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