It sounds as if your white space might be missing.
See:
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/WhiteSpace.htm
--
Carol A. Bratt, MCP
"aworkentin" wrote:
My margins are set to 1" top, bottom, left & right but the curser goes to the
very top of the page - why? and how do I fix it so it goes to the correct
margin setting?