I recently got zapped by this feature as well (in Print view).
I was editing away, and all of a sudden my top and bottom margins
disappeared. In older documents, it displayed just fine. Even uninstalling
and reinstalling Office did not return it to the normal condition. I deleted
Normal.dot - all of the usual attempts to fix it - apparently too feeble.

But Suzanne's link explains it just fine, and also shows how just one click
in the wrong place triggers it.



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Assuming you're not in Normal view, see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/WhiteSpace.htm

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"Veronique" wrote in message
...
Page View shows that I have a paper size of 7 inches wide x 9 inches high.
The margins are set to the default settings (1 inch on top and bottom,
1.25
inches on sides.) I've got Page Setup set to "letter" and my printer set
to
"letter." Page set-up shows "letter" as being the standard 8.5 x 11. How
come
Page View is showing me a reduced page size and how can I show the
standard
letter size?