Shaun,

Your paragraph line spacing is set to an "exact" measurement.
FormatParagraphLine spacing and change from "exactly" to one of the other
options

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Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.

Shaun wrote:
When i open a new document in word and set the character font size to
24 or higher the top of the characters appear to be cropped. If i
move the characters further down the page they still appear to be
cropped. i am using Word 2003 on an XP Pro Machine