Word 2003 does *not* default to this view. Most likely you inadvertently
clicked in the wrong place.

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"Jeff Menard" Jeff wrote in message
...
Fantastic! I knew the answer to this nagging issue would be simple - that
doesn't make it simple to determine! Since installing Office 2003 a
couple
of days ago, I have been plagues with this annoying problem. I wonder why
MS
would have Word 2003 default to this? Oh well, no matter now - thanks,
you've earned the Tylenol Remedy of the Day Award.

Jeff

"Bill Foley" wrote:

Open Word, put your cursor at the very top of the page. Cursor should
turn
into an up and down arrow with "Show white space". Click. Close Word.
Re-open Word. Is it all better?

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"nedkelly2" wrote in message
...
Hi, My problem is that when I open Word 2003, or a new document etc,
the
cursor is right at the top edge of the page instead of under the margin.
There does not appear to be a margin at the top and bottom of the page.
I
have tried using and old document and deleting all the text and saving
it as
normal.dot and deleting the old one, but when I open a new doc is has
exactly the same problem This makes me think that mayeb it is a
format
setting or style or something that applies itself to all new documents
as
soon as they open (or maybe I am talking rubbish). I am very frustrated
have
spent ages trying to put this right. It was working okay but I think I
just
hit a few wrong keys when typing a letter once and got this problem
appear.

I have Win XP Pro and Word 2003. When I use word under a different
user,
it works fine, but different users have a different normal.dot. I have
tried
copying the normal.dot from a different user and still I get the same
problem HELP! PLEASE!

Thanks,
Wayne