Thank you Suzanne.
I looked at the Paragraph dialog and saw the indentation settings. I
think the problem may be with automatic formatting which I wasn't aware of.

My document seemed inconsistent. Some of the lines were justified to the
left and some weren't. (This is a puppet show with dialogue.) I prefer them
all justified to the left border (margin) in this particular document.
(except for the title, of course). So, after reading your explanation, I went
to the indentation dialogue and took out the indentations, including the
"first line" numbers. In other words, I set everything to 0". That justified
the lines to the left.

But I really don't understand what they mean by "first line" indentation.

Do you think I should turn off the automatice formatting? How do I do that?

Also I don't completely understand what the difference is between "wrapping
to window " and not "wrapping to window", especially as it effects the
different views.

Thank you for your help. I can see that this is a very complex program to
learn.
It's nice of you to help me.
Lilly Cagney

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Normal view is the view you get if you check Normal on the View menu or
click Normal View on the horizontal scroll bar. If you have "Wrap to window"
enabled in this view, the text will take up the whole screen. Clearly this
is not the issue.
In the Format | Paragraph dialog, see what the Indentation: Right setting
is. If it is anything other than 0", then you have an indent. If the number
is negative, then your paragraph will extend outside the margin.
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org

"Lilly Cagney" wrote in message
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PS to Suzanne: Also, I don't know what you mean by "a negative right
indent".
I haven't done any indenting. All my sentences begin at the margin.
Lilly Cagney

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Does the paragraph have a negative right indent? Are you in Normal view
with "Wrap to window" enabled (Tools | Options | View)?
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org

"Lilly Cagney" Lilly wrote in message
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Why is my text wrapping outside my margin? (I am using Microsoft
Office Word 2003, the professional edition.)
Lilly Cagney