Word not displaying or printing beyond first page

[S. Phillips]

My Word document will not display (or recognize) beyond the first page in
Print View. As I type, it just stops displaying any further input at the end
of the page. I can see all the input in Normal View, but it will not print
the entire document--only the first page! I have literally had to cut and
paste the input onto a new document in order to print.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Go to Format | Columns and click on the One icon (even if it appears to be
selected already). Make sure that "Whole document" is selected in the "Apply
to" box.

 

[S. Phillips]

Thank you Suzanne. I actually did discover that a little while after posting
my question. I don't know how it got into column mode but being there
prevents the document from displaying all pages, or making formatting changes
to the page. Thanks for the input.

 

[Angela N.]

Do you know how to make this the default. I have been having this same
problem, and each time I open a new fresh Word document, it is already set
for two columns.

Thanks!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

As noted, you'll need to make the change in Normal.dot; see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm