Hi. I recently made some documents with very narrow margins, so that the the text was right at the top of the page. Now, if I open a new document, the text starts right at the top of the page, and however much I change the margins, the text won't start any lower. Is there some sort of global template I need to change?

Incidentally, I tried reinstalling and this hasn't helped.

Thanks in advance
Scott

Check out your Spacing:

Home > Paragraph Group > Arrow in the lower right of this Group > Play around here, starting with zero in Before and After

thanks, it sort of helps, in that the first paragraph will now start in the right place if I select before = 42pt, but now there are huge gaps between the paragraphs.
i have noticed the problem can be cured in two ways 1) opening a file that has correct spacing, deleting all the text and then working or 2) adding then removing a header.

Home > Paragraph group > Backward P click > then delete the backward P's to get paragraph spacing correct

i tried this, and it shows one backwards p right at the top of the page with the cursor that cant be deleted.

thanks
scott

If no one provides a solution, post a sample document without any personal stuff

You can fill a page by doing the following:

=rand(3,2) <Enter>

The 3 is the # of paragraphs, while the 2 is the # of sentences in a paragraph

interesting, never knew about that little feature.

my current solution is that I have copied an old document with the correct margins, deleted the contents and saved it as read only, and I'm using it as a template. not ideal, but it's a fix.

I will attach a document to this post.

thanks
scott

Attached Files

On the Insert tab.doc (30.0 KB, 11 views)

I notice you do not have your Spacing set to zero -- You might try playing with zero for Before and Afterwards to get what you want

Home > Paragraph > Paragraph drop down arrow in the corner of the Paragraph Group

Go to
Delete 'Normal.dotm'

Open Word

That should then create a new basic template like it used to be!