[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Format | Paragraph and look for Spacing Before/After. Also, display
nonprinting characters (Ctrl+*) to see if there are extra, empty paragraphs.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Jaxon Ames" Jaxon wrote in message
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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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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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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
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"TW Lawrence" TW wrote in
message
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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?