In a new blank document based on Normal.dot, go to Page Setup and change the
appropriate settings, then click Default... and answer yes.

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"sbarrett" wrote in message
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When i open a Word document, the margins are set to an unusual setting
(e.g.
margins are 36 - 576 & page setup width is 612 pt & length is 792pt ).
Somehow the normal template has been changed and i cannot figure how to
reset
it.