Reducing Space Between Header and Text

[Robert Lehrer]

Earlier today, I wrote the following:

I've completed writing a business letter that looks awkward because there is
too much space between the header and the text. The first line of text has
only the date on it. I tried moving it up by placing the cursor to the left
of the J in July. I can't move it up any more on the page.

Is my problem lie in the vertical length of my header? I tried setting my
margins for .25 inch on each side of the page, but to no avail.

What steps must I take to move the body of text higher on the page to be
closer to the header?

Thanks in advance.

Suzanne (MS Tech Support) wrote the following response:

"Four things to check on:

1. Top margin: This has nothing to do with where the header is, which is
determined by the header margin.

2. Spacing After applied to the header paragraph (Format | Paragraph).

3. Spacing Before applied to the date paragraph.

4. Center justification instead of Top (Layout tab of Page Setup)"

Unfortunately, none of these suggestions corrected the problem. I wonder
now if the vertical length of the header is too great and there's too many
unused lines in the header. If this is the case, how do I correct this? If
not, what other solutions can I try?
Thanks.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Click on the Show/Hide (¶) button which will show you if there are empty
paragraphs in the Header.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You might want to look at
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HeaderFooter.htm for clarification about
the interaction of the header and top margins, but I think what you're
asking is whether there are empty paragraphs in the header that are pushing
the top margin down. If so, you can easily see these (represented by ¶) if
you display nonprinting characters (by pressing Ctrl+* or clicking the
Show/Hide ¶ button).

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

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Please do not post the same question separately to multiple newsgroups. I
have now discovered that you had already received the same response in the
other newsgroup to which you posted this question.

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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com