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"Page Setup" not working
I can't change margins. Page in Microsoft said to clean up "Normal.dot." I
don't have Normal.dot in any file or folder. I found Normal and ~$Normal. I run Windows Professional and have Microsoft Office Professional 2003 and Normal.dot is supposed to be a hidden folder anyway and the above parts weren't. I can't close a word doc. I have to constantly clear the settings for columns (I don't create them, it just defaults to columns). This is why I get the error message, "Settings you have chosen for left and right margins, column spacing, or paragraph indents are too large for the page width in some sections." Sometimes it blames my printer settings or printer driver but my old Microsoft Office 2000 had no problems. In installed Office 2003 a couple of weeks ago. Should I do it again? Is the data corrupt? Thank you!!!! |
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"Page Setup" not working
"Normal" is Normal.dot; you just don't have file extensions displayed. The
fact that you also see ~$Normal indicates that Word is open (that's the "owner" file). You need to close Word before you can rename Normal.dot. But you may not need to rename it, just edit it. What you need to do is open Normal.dot (just as you would open a document), then go to Format | Columns and click on the preset picture labeled One, then click OK. This will solve all the problems you're experiencing. For instructions on finding and opening Normal.dot (though it looks like you've got that figured out), see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...ocNotBlank.htm. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "D Wilson" wrote in message ... I can't change margins. Page in Microsoft said to clean up "Normal.dot." I don't have Normal.dot in any file or folder. I found Normal and ~$Normal. I run Windows Professional and have Microsoft Office Professional 2003 and Normal.dot is supposed to be a hidden folder anyway and the above parts weren't. I can't close a word doc. I have to constantly clear the settings for columns (I don't create them, it just defaults to columns). This is why I get the error message, "Settings you have chosen for left and right margins, column spacing, or paragraph indents are too large for the page width in some sections." Sometimes it blames my printer settings or printer driver but my old Microsoft Office 2000 had no problems. In installed Office 2003 a couple of weeks ago. Should I do it again? Is the data corrupt? Thank you!!!! |
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