Word Page Layout

[John - Partially Retired]

When starting new word document, page layout comes up in landscape. When I
try to change to portrait or any other modifications to page layout, I get
the message "Increasing right margin causes last column to become too narrow
in some sections having unevely spaced columns" - my document doesn't even
have any columns or tabs in it, just a single word. Rebooting hasn't helped
- Help ??

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

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. Even
if "One" already appears to be selected, click on it anyway.
Type a character or two and delete what you just typed. Save the
Normal.dot file and close it.

 

[John - Partially Retired]

I don't seem to have a normal.dot anywhere on my hard drive. Now What do I do?

John

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Have you followed the instruction to display and search hidden files and
folders?

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

Yes, you do have a normal.dot on your hard drive. It is a hidden
file, so you need to follow the instructions for showing hidden
files and folders that are given in Method 1 in
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm .

 

[John - Partially Retired]

FOund the hidden normal.dot. Followed the instructions to rename it to
anything else, the started WORD and it created a new normal.dot which is
behaving correctly and "normal". Thanks for you help.

John