Re: new doc defaults to middle of page

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From: Jay Freedman (jay.freedman_at_verizon.net)
Date: 07/19/04 

Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 12:26:37 -0400

Hi David,

It sounds like this is a variation of the "blank document not blank" problem
discussed at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm. In
this case, instead of having extraneous text in the Normal.dot template,
your customer has the Vertical Alignment setting in File > Page Setup >
Layout set to Center instead of Top.

He should open Normal.dot as discussed in the article and change the setting
to Top. Insert a space character on the document page and then delete it --
this "dirties" the template and makes sure the file gets saved. Then close
Word and reopen it, and all should be well. 

-- 
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP          FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
David wrote:
> I have a customer that whenever he starts a new Word
> document, the default starting position of the cursor is
> line 4.5.  He cannot click to the top of the page as the
> location of 4.5 is being treated as if it's the top of
> the page.  If he goes to a normal view, he can begin at
> the true top of the page but, if it's a 2 page document
> and he prints it out, the 2nd page's text begins on line
> 4.5.  Has anyone ever seen anything like this?  If he
> goes to an old document, right clicks on it and chooses
> New, the document behaves as it should.  Thoughts?
> Thanks.
>
> David

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