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Apr 19th, 2007

Microsoft Word: Can't change margin

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For some reason, when I open Microsoft Word the top and bottom margins are non-existent. When I go to File>Page Setup, it says the top and bottom margins are set to 1 inch.

I've tried changing them to a variety of different numbers, and they don't change at all.

Any suggestions?

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Re: Microsoft Word: Can't change margin

I had the exact same problem. I looked for ways to fix this problem on the internet. The most common thing you will find is to delete the Normal.dot template or make a new template. however those didn't work. I was getting really frustraged but I finally was able to find a way to fix the margin problem. Here's how: Open word. Then click on help at the top of the screen. Then click detect and repair. A window will pop up that has two options on it. the important one says, "discard my custom settings and restore default settings." make sure that box is checked then hit start. after that just follow the directions and hopefully it will fix your margin problem. It fixed mine. I'm running word 2003. this process could be different on other versions but shouldn't be too hard to figure out. I hope this helps someone.

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Re: Microsoft Word: Can't change margin

Go to View and select Print Layout View.

The other views do not show the margins.

Also, you must select the entire region you wish to change the margins in before setting the margins.

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Re: Microsoft Word: Can't change margin

I had this issue when I had a picture that was aligned "Behind Text". I noticed that if a picture is aligned in any way other than "In Line With Text" the Margins and other print layout settings will not be available. I guess it is a limitation of the software

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Re: Microsoft Word: Can't change margin

Click to Expand / Collapse Quote originally posted by MidiMagic ...

Go to View and select Print Layout View.

The other views do not show the margins.

Also, you must select the entire region you wish to change the margins in before setting the margins.

In Word 2007 you'd need to get into Word Options/Displayand tick the Show white space box.

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Another solution

I agreed with Industry that the problem has something to do with "Wrap text" function. BTW, the way that I solved this problem was that delete the picture or move it to other page (this will do). After that, return to the page with this problem, click on it and then choose tab "Page layout" >>> "wrap text" >>> "In line with text". When that is done, a box will appear. The only thing to do is to delete the box. And tah dah, case is solved.

That is my experience. Hope it will help u all.

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Click to Expand / Collapse Quote originally posted by gopher825 ...

I had the exact same problem. I looked for ways to fix this problem on the internet. The most common thing you will find is to delete the Normal.dot template or make a new template. however those didn't work. I was getting really frustraged but I finally was able to find a way to fix the margin problem. Here's how: Open word. Then click on help at the top of the screen. Then click detect and repair. A window will pop up that has two options on it. the important one says, "discard my custom settings and restore default settings." make sure that box is checked then hit start. after that just follow the directions and hopefully it will fix your margin problem. It fixed mine. I'm running word 2003. this process could be different on other versions but shouldn't be too hard to figure out. I hope this helps someone.

Thanks so much for your post. I just ran into this exact problem, and your post resolved the problem.

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Re: Microsoft Word: Can't change margin

Thank you Gopher825.

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Enable "White Space" Option

For Word 2003, go to Tools, Options, then select the View tab. In the third section (Print and Web Layout options), check the box for "White space between pages). As stated in earlier posts, this is only applicable when using Print Layout view.

The suggestion to repair/restore default settings works because it restores this setting to its default state, along with any others you may have adjusted.

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Re: Microsoft Word: Can't change margin

Thanks gopher825. This problem was bugging me for a long while. Your solution worked like a charm.

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