Hello



I currently use Office 2003 and I have a general understanding of how to change settings when required. However, starting today I've been unable to adjust and save new page settings. I've included a screen shot to illustrate the problem.

1. I'm unable to set the top and bottom margins. I can't even manually adjust the margin which extends to the very top and bottom of the page.

2. I can't adjust the settings to give me an 8.5 x 11 page.

I've tried to reset the defaults but nothing changes. The only way I can actually set up an 8.5 x 11 page is to open an existing document and delete its contents and then start a new one.

If somebody can please help me in sorting this out I would very much appreciate hearing from you.


Thank you.

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Page sizes in Word 2003 are controlled from the 'Paper' tab, not from the 'Margins' tab (i.e. File>Page Setup>Paper>Paper Size). If you use that to choose 'Letter' and click the 'Default' button, that should result in all future documents starting off with that as their paper size.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

Your margins are fine. You are simply not displaying the "white space." This is often the result of a stray mouse click.

Move your mouse pointer to your top margin just under the ruler until it changes to an up-and-down arrow (see below), then click. Elusive White Space

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Hello to both of you.

First off, I'm sorry for the late reply, I've been away for a few days. I wanted to say thanks very much for both of your replies. Your tips and comments resolved the problem.

Now that I'm here I have one more question to ask help with if either of you don't mind. When I look at my page and rulers across the top and sides I am looking at measurements in cm's. How can I convert it so I am looking at inches?

Thank you again.

Go to Tools>Options>General and change the 'Measurement Units' to Centimeters.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

Hi Macropod

Thanks again for your help. Very much appreciated.

Cheers