This sounds like Widow/Orphan control (or related paragraph formatting) to
me.

If the paragraph won't fit on the page without leaving a single "widow" or
"orphan" line on one page or other, the whole paragraph will be moved to the
second page. Try switching it off under Format Paragraph Line and Page
Breaks (tab) Pagination (section). Uncheck both "Widow/Orphan Control" and
"Keep Lines Together" and see if that helps.

Enjoy,
Tony


"Karen M." wrote in message
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At the bottom of the first page of my document, Word has inserted an extra
space. When I hit return it goes down once, as it should, but then it
skips a
line again, leaving me with a lot of extra unwanted space at the bottom of
my
first page. There is nothing wrong with the alignment is page layout (set
to
"top," not justify.) There are no manual page breaks, no section breaks,
and
"page break before" is not checked. I have tried cutting then repasting
the
text. I've tried backspacing then hitting return again for the paragraph.
I've tried to "find" any weird formatting in the document. Nothing works!
There is extra space at the bottom of the page (between what should be the
last two paragraphs), no matter what I do. I think it has something to do
with paragraph creation. The little grid which is supposed to show how
text
is justified shows up when I move the cursor to that extra white space.
Can
any brilliant expert help me? Much appreciation!