Marcel,
Have a look in File - Page-setup - Layout tab - see if next to vertical
alignment you have centered instead of top. Maybe your normal.dot has
enherited that setting. Open normal.dot set in to vertical alignment top and
save it.
If you do not know how to access normal.dot and edit it have a look he
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/apperrors/...ocNotBlank.htm
Luc

"Marcel" schreef in bericht
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Recently, when i start word, the text line begins in the middle of the
page
as supposed to the top of the page, and even though i have tried backspace
and the mouse to go back to the top of the page, this hasn't worked. Can
anyone be of help.

Many thanks