top margin has changed on one page only help!

[Shirgal]

Hi,

I'm new here. I've been formatting a book using Word. I've got a problem near the end of my book. On the last page of a chapter, the margin is different from any other page. My text flows to that page and appears lower, instead of 3/4" down from top of page, it's more like 1 1/2" from top. I've checked everything. The margins look fine. What could be going on?

[cryptogram]

Have you checked the size of the header? You may not have intentionally entered a header, but the space for one will be there and may be bigger for some reason on this page.

[C J Squibb]

Sorry if these are obvious, but it's always worth checking! You could simply have some unnecessary extra paragraph marks here - check by clicking on the ¶ symbol - or perhaps the first paragraph on the new page is formatted with "Space Before" ...

[Charles Kenyon]

Turn on display of non-printing characters (Ctrl-Shift-8 or Ctrl-*). Is there a section break there? That section may have a different header.

Sections / Headers and Footers in Microsoft Word 2007-2013

You can insert a section break without knowing it by changing columns, orientation, or margins.