[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

This is a common misconception, though if you read the message box that
comes up when you click Default... ("Do you want to change the default
settings for page setup?") you might get a clue, though even that wording is
a little ambiguous. OTOH, it does NOT say, "Do you want to return to the
original Word default settings for page setup?" or anything like that.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"jimbo802" wrote in message
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Thanks...I am still working in Word 2003.
I think my settings got all "wonky" when I hit the default button on the
margins tab. I assumed that would return the factory default setting to my
document or my default settings. I did not realize it would change my
default
settings to the current set up. It's good that folks like you are
available
to help us get out of sticky problems that can easily happen in
applications.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Note that the default margins in Word 2007 are 1" all the way around (but
still 0.5" for header and footer).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"jimbo802" wrote in message
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This post was very helpful, as I have always been looking for the
factory
set
margins in Word and can not find them anywhere. Why are they not found
in
Word help?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

For U.S. Letter, 1.25" left and right, 1" top and bottom, 0.5" header
and
footer; for A4, I believe the equivalent in cm. One way to get back to
the
default margins temporarily, just so you can see what they are, is to
start
Word with the /a switch or (in recent versions) pressing Ctrl while
loading.
This loads Word in Safe Mode, with the default Normal.dot. If you have
made
no other modifications you want to save, you can rename Normal.dot,
and
Word
will generate a fresh factory-default copy; see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...ocNotBlank.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"crystal420" wrote in message
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I was playing around and I think I set the margin setting all wonky.
Could
someone tell me what the original page margins are? I would be
appreciative.