[Graham Mayor]

SHIFT+F1 or format style with the cursor in the relevant paragraph.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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Jaxon Ames wrote:
How do I examine the formatting? Does this apply in Word 2003?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Have you examined the formatting of the header paragraph(s) to see
if there is any Spacing After?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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"ahimsa" wrote in message
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I have 1.2" of extra (blank) space in my header; there are no
hidden characters to account for the blank space. How can I change
the dimensions of the header 'box'?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The size of the header is determined by two settings. The Header
margin (File | Page Setup | Layout) determines where the top of
the header is. The Top margin (File | Page Setup | Margins)
determines where the document body ordinarily begins. The space
between the header margin and the top margin is the space usually
allocated for a header. But a header can grow to be as deep as is
needed (in the case of a letterhead in a First Page Header, for
example) and will push the document body down.

If you want to allow more space on the page, you can reduce the
top and bottom margins; when you do that, you may also want to
reduce the header and footer margins if your header and footer
contain text, to ensure that there will be some space between the
header/footer and the top/bottom of the document. If you will not
have any text in the header or footer, you can reduce the header
and footer margins to 0" and make your top and bottom margins as
small as your printer's printable area will permit.

If your header is taking up more space than its content seems to
warrant (based on the Header and Top margin settings), it may well
be that it contains empty paragraphs or Space Before/After
formatting. It is easier to troubleshoot this if you display
nonprinting characters (see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm). You will
see each paragraph represented by a paragraph mark (¶). Delete any
extra ones.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"TW Lawrence" TW wrote in
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Header takes up too much room at top of page.

How do I reduce size of "Header box" so I can fir more onto a
single page document?