Page has way too much white space on right side

[belinda]

My document has heaps and heaps of white space on the
right hand side and I can't seem to fix it so that my text
runs across to the right a little more. My right margin is
currently set to 1cm but if I print off a page and measure
the amount of white space, I have about 5cm worth. I have
tried changing the right margin to the smallest amount I
could, and have checked that my paper size is correct (A4
Portrait). But I still have too much empty space there. I
did copy and paste some text from another document into my
current one - is this causing the problem? Can someone
help?

 

[belinda]

Hi,

Yes this is Word 2000. (Sorry - forgot to mention that). I
have been placing a couple of comments here and there
using those "balloons" so this Track Changes thing sounds
like it could be the culprit.

I displayed the non-printing characters and there are no
paragraph marks at the end of each line. So that isn't it.
I also don't think the Right Indent thing is the problem -
decreasing that to 0 did nothing.

I will look around and see what I can do about the Track
Changes thing, but if someone has a suggestion, please
post! Thank you to Suzanne and Doug.

Belinda

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Yes, comments would have the same effect because Word allows space for their
balloons as well. If you disable balloons (on the Track Changes tab of Tools
| Options), then you'll get all the comments printed at the end.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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Hi,

Yes this is Word 2000. (Sorry - forgot to mention that). I
have been placing a couple of comments here and there
using those "balloons" so this Track Changes thing sounds
like it could be the culprit.

I displayed the non-printing characters and there are no
paragraph marks at the end of each line. So that isn't it.
I also don't think the Right Indent thing is the problem -
decreasing that to 0 did nothing.

I will look around and see what I can do about the Track
Changes thing, but if someone has a suggestion, please
post! Thank you to Suzanne and Doug.

Belinda