Re: Why does Word display "within margin" page width and lenght as 44.

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From: Jay Freedman (jay.freedman_at_verizon.net)
Date: 01/12/05 

Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 12:11:45 -0500

krb wrote:
> For whatever reason, Word does not display the proper width or length
> of a page. I checked all the settings I know of and asked everyone I
> know of. The most frequent response I get is "Do you have it set to
> centimeters?" and I don't. The unit of measure is set to inches.
> Besides, an 8.5 inch page (counting margins) is not even 22 cm wide.
>
> I am now also contending with the top and bottom margin of a page in
> print view being hidden from view, while the right and left margins
> are displayed.
>
> I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling Office. This did not help.
> I'm using Office 2003.
>
> I'm fed up with trying to fix this problem. I can't properly place
> tabs or use the rulers as a guide.
>
> Help!

The hidden top and bottoms margins are the most easily solved: go to Tools >
Options > View and check "White space between pages".

The measurement problem may be a variant of the "character units" fiasco.
Try http://www.gmayor.com/Character_Units.htm to see if that helps. If it
doesn't, then try renaming normal.dot and restarting Word, as described in
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm under the heading
"Creating a new Normal.dot from scratch".

In general, uninstalling and reinstalling Word or Office rarely fixes any of
the most common problems, because it doesn't remove and replace normal.dot
or add-ins, the causes of those problems. 

-- 
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP          FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

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