page layout problem

[aggravated in Atlanta]

I have '03. Somehow I changed my document so that it no longer fills the
page. I am getting a lot of blank space at the bottom. All the margins are
as they should be in page layout. I do notice that the side ruler no longer
goes to 11 inches. All the settings I have found are still for 8 1/2 by 11
paper. What did I do? I have tried reducing the margins to 0 but, I don't
get any closer to the bottom of the page. I have tried cutting and pasting
the text into a new document but, I am just taking my funky problem with me.

 

[CyberTaz]

Sounds like you've simply gone into Normal or Web Layout View. If that's the
case just go to View> Print Layout to return to familiar surroundings...
Although those views show _no_ vertical ruler. Should that not be the
solution please provide a more detailed description of the problem:

Is the vertical ruler visible _at all_? If so what _does_ it "go to"?

What do you see in Print Preview?

Is the text on the "page" it should be or has it gotten separated so that
only a portion in on the one page & the rest is on the next?

Have you turned on the non-printing characters (¶ button) to see if they
reveal anything that might account for the problem?

Anything else that you can offer may help.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/WhiteSpace.htm for the ruler problem.
As for the rest, most likely you have an excess of "Keep with next"
paragraphs. See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BottomLine.htm.

I have '03. Somehow I changed my document so that it no longer fills the
page. I am getting a lot of blank space at the bottom. All the margins are
as they should be in page layout. I do notice that the side ruler no longer
goes to 11 inches. All the settings I have found are still for 8 1/2 by 11
paper. What did I do? I have tried reducing the margins to 0 but, I don't
get any closer to the bottom of the page. I have tried cutting and pasting
the text into a new document but, I am just taking my funky problem with

me.