I have come across a most unusual problem with Word XP.

I was typing a document and when I pressed ENTER to go to a new paragraph
the cursor jumped down to the middle of the page.

I checked everything I could think of--- line spacing, spacing before and
after etc.

I turned off the computer, rebooted and started again. Same problem.

I have 'show all formatting' enabled.

I desperation I kept on hitting ENTER and found that the paragraph marks
came closer and closer together,

I then tried the following:

I am using A4 paper with the top and bottom margins set to 1cm. Times New
Roman, Font size 12

I typed the number 1 and pressed ENTER.

The cursor jumped half way down the page.

I typed the number 2 pressed ENTER and the cursor jumped again, but about a
third of the way down

I continued typing numbers (pressing ENTER after each one) and the
paragraphs got closer and closer together and I was able to get to number 56
before I got to a new page. (I was able to get 56 lines on the page)

In fact I have used this page to type this message.

The only other information I can think of is that I had been using an old
mail merge address labels document using Word 97 before I started a new
blank document.

Also, when I checked the page settings it was set to landscape, which is not
my normal setup.

Is there some setting that has become checked/unchecked that is causing this
curious behaviour?



All help would be appreciated.



Pat

In Word, click on File | Page Setup | Layout | Vertical alignment: Top | OK.

Frager wrote:
I have come across a most unusual problem with Word XP.

I was typing a document and when I pressed ENTER to go to a new paragraph
the cursor jumped down to the middle of the page.

I checked everything I could think of--- line spacing, spacing before and
after etc.

I turned off the computer, rebooted and started again. Same problem.

I have 'show all formatting' enabled.

I desperation I kept on hitting ENTER and found that the paragraph marks
came closer and closer together,

I then tried the following:

I am using A4 paper with the top and bottom margins set to 1cm. Times New
Roman, Font size 12

I typed the number 1 and pressed ENTER.

The cursor jumped half way down the page.

I typed the number 2 pressed ENTER and the cursor jumped again, but about a
third of the way down

I continued typing numbers (pressing ENTER after each one) and the
paragraphs got closer and closer together and I was able to get to number 56
before I got to a new page. (I was able to get 56 lines on the page)

In fact I have used this page to type this message.

The only other information I can think of is that I had been using an old
mail merge address labels document using Word 97 before I started a new
blank document.

Also, when I checked the page settings it was set to landscape, which is not
my normal setup.

Is there some setting that has become checked/unchecked that is causing this
curious behaviour?



All help would be appreciated.



Pat

Thanks for your prompt reply.
It solved my problem.

Pat
"garfield-n-odie" wrote in message
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In Word, click on File | Page Setup | Layout | Vertical alignment: Top |
OK.

Frager wrote:
I have come across a most unusual problem with Word XP.

I was typing a document and when I pressed ENTER to go to a new paragraph
the cursor jumped down to the middle of the page.

I checked everything I could think of--- line spacing, spacing before and
after etc.

I turned off the computer, rebooted and started again. Same problem.

I have 'show all formatting' enabled.

I desperation I kept on hitting ENTER and found that the paragraph marks
came closer and closer together,

I then tried the following:

I am using A4 paper with the top and bottom margins set to 1cm. Times New
Roman, Font size 12

I typed the number 1 and pressed ENTER.

The cursor jumped half way down the page.

I typed the number 2 pressed ENTER and the cursor jumped again, but about
a third of the way down

I continued typing numbers (pressing ENTER after each one) and the
paragraphs got closer and closer together and I was able to get to number
56 before I got to a new page. (I was able to get 56 lines on the page)

In fact I have used this page to type this message.

The only other information I can think of is that I had been using an old
mail merge address labels document using Word 97 before I started a new
blank document.

Also, when I checked the page settings it was set to landscape, which is
not my normal setup.

Is there some setting that has become checked/unchecked that is causing
this curious behaviour?



All help would be appreciated.



Pat