Problem with Header size in Word 2003

[cbeauchesne]

A colleague was having problems with a Word document where the header
was taking half the page. There was only 1 or 2 lines in the header
but yet it would not size down. No matter what I try, the header will
not size down, and in some cases it actually gets bigger and takes the
whole page!
This problem has now migrated to my Word 2003 installation. When I
create a new document (blank), the cursor ends up in the middle of the
page. The header height size defaults to half the page, and there's NO
way to size it down.

Any ideas, on how to fix this?

Thanks.

 

[Carol]

If it truly is the header giving you a problem, you can correct the
size in this manner: File|Page Setup|Layout Tab and change the header
size to 0.5.

Also, make sure that your Vertical alignment is set to Top. You can do
this in the same place. Please let me know if this helps.

 

[Noghri64]

Setting the vertical alignment to "Top" did it!! Now, is there a way
to make that the default. Every time I create a new document, it goes
back to vertical alignment Top.

Thanks!!

Christian

 

[Noghri64]

Never mind, it seems to have gone away after clicking on the "default"
from the "Page Setup| Layout tab, and exiting the document.
A new document now defaults to vertical alignment "top".

thanks again!!