Whenever i open a new blank Word document, my cursor is now placed at the
very top edge of the paper, as if i have no margins set. i go into margins
and it says i have a 1-inch margin set, but if i open a new blank page, my
cursor is at the very top. I have tried to go in and delete the old
normal.dot template and replace it with one when i have hit the space bar
down to where i want my new documents to always start (one inch down) but no
matter what i do or how i replace it , it always opens a blank document with
no margin, with my cursor at the very top edge of the page. Please help - how
do i create a new normal.dot template that will override this???

One more thing - i am viewing my page in the Print view.

"SarahMP1" wrote:

Whenever i open a new blank Word document, my cursor is now placed at the
very top edge of the paper, as if i have no margins set. i go into margins
and it says i have a 1-inch margin set, but if i open a new blank page, my
cursor is at the very top. I have tried to go in and delete the old
normal.dot template and replace it with one when i have hit the space bar
down to where i want my new documents to always start (one inch down) but no
matter what i do or how i replace it , it always opens a blank document with
no margin, with my cursor at the very top edge of the page. Please help - how
do i create a new normal.dot template that will override this???

In Tools Options View, check "White space between pages". See
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/wordfaqs/WhiteSpace.htm for illustrated
instructions.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

SarahMP1 wrote:
Whenever i open a new blank Word document, my cursor is now placed at
the very top edge of the paper, as if i have no margins set. i go
into margins and it says i have a 1-inch margin set, but if i open a
new blank page, my cursor is at the very top. I have tried to go in
and delete the old normal.dot template and replace it with one when i
have hit the space bar down to where i want my new documents to
always start (one inch down) but no matter what i do or how i replace
it , it always opens a blank document with no margin, with my cursor
at the very top edge of the page. Please help - how do i create a new
normal.dot template that will override this???

ohmigosh - i knew it had to be something simple!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

In Tools Options View, check "White space between pages". See
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/wordfaqs/WhiteSpace.htm for illustrated
instructions.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

SarahMP1 wrote:
Whenever i open a new blank Word document, my cursor is now placed at
the very top edge of the paper, as if i have no margins set. i go
into margins and it says i have a 1-inch margin set, but if i open a
new blank page, my cursor is at the very top. I have tried to go in
and delete the old normal.dot template and replace it with one when i
have hit the space bar down to where i want my new documents to
always start (one inch down) but no matter what i do or how i replace
it , it always opens a blank document with no margin, with my cursor
at the very top edge of the page. Please help - how do i create a new
normal.dot template that will override this???