Word 2003 not allowing A4 paper setting

[JD]

Since I work in a University in Belgium, I have to use A4 paper. Thus, in
my brand new Word 2003 program, I am now trying to create a document with the
page size set to A4. So, I do the following: File, page setup, paper, A4
size. When I choose this, a warning box appears: "Increasing right margin
causes last column to become too narrow in some sections having unevenly
spaced columns." It will not allow me to override this warning. In other
words, I cannot set the page to A4; it simply won't allow me to do so. In my
Word 2000 version, a box came up that said something like conform the margins
to A4. And it did it automatically every time. I never got a message like
this. Does any one have any idea what is happening and how to fix this?

Thanks for the help!

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Does this problem occur in one particular document, or in all new
documents?

If it's in one particular document, then open that document.
Click on Format | Columns | One | Apply to: Whole document | OK.
Save and close the document.

If it's in all new documents, then locate and open your
normal.dot file as described in Method 1 in
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm . Click
on Format | Columns | One | Apply to: Whole document | OK. Type
a character or two and delete what you just typed. Save the
normal.dot file and close it.

 

[JD]

Dear Garfield,

WoW!!! You guys really really know your stuff!!! I am very impressed. You
have been so helpful and have eliminated frustration.

Thanks soooo much for you time.

JD