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How do I restore the original margin settings?
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. |
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How do I restore the original margin settings?
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 -- 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. "crystal420" wrote in message ... 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. |
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How do I restore the original margin settings?
When I tried loading Word in Safe Mode, I looked to see what the margins were
and they were 1" left and right, and 1" top and bottom. I am confused. Why did Suzanne say the normal page margins for U.S. letter are 1.25 left and right? "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 -- 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. "crystal420" wrote in message ... 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. |
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How do I restore the original margin settings?
All of a sudden my margins are measured in pts instead of inches.
How can i change back to inches? Thanks EFred "crystal420" wrote: 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. |
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How do I restore the original margin settings?
Assuming Word 2003 or earlier, Tools | Options | General: Measurement
units--if you're really seeing points and not character units; but see http://www.gmayor.com/Character_Units.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "EFred" wrote in message ... All of a sudden my margins are measured in pts instead of inches. How can i change back to inches? Thanks EFred "crystal420" wrote: 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. |
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How do I reset measurement in word 2007 to inches/margin settings?
i'M USING WORD 2007 AND HAVE SAME ISSUE " All of a sudden my margins are
measured in pts instead of inches. How can i change back to inches? I CAN'T SEEM TO LOCATE THE STEPS i OFTEN USED WITH THE 2003 VERSION. APPRECIATE ANYONES HELP "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Assuming Word 2003 or earlier, Tools | Options | General: Measurement units--if you're really seeing points and not character units; but see http://www.gmayor.com/Character_Units.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "EFred" wrote in message ... All of a sudden my margins are measured in pts instead of inches. How can i change back to inches? Thanks EFred "crystal420" wrote: |
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How do I reset measurement in word 2007 to inches/margin settings?
Are you sure they are measured in points rather than Character Units? This
happens if you enable Asian Language support. -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "vksaly" wrote in message ... i'M USING WORD 2007 AND HAVE SAME ISSUE " All of a sudden my margins are measured in pts instead of inches. How can i change back to inches? I CAN'T SEEM TO LOCATE THE STEPS i OFTEN USED WITH THE 2003 VERSION. APPRECIATE ANYONES HELP "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Assuming Word 2003 or earlier, Tools | Options | General: Measurement units--if you're really seeing points and not character units; but see http://www.gmayor.com/Character_Units.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "EFred" wrote in message ... All of a sudden my margins are measured in pts instead of inches. How can i change back to inches? Thanks EFred "crystal420" wrote: |
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How do I reset measurement in word 2007 to inches/margin settings?
Word 2007
Office button Word Options Advanced Display Show measurements in units of or if that doesn't fix it, see http://www.gmayor.com/Character_Units.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org vksaly wrote: i'M USING WORD 2007 AND HAVE SAME ISSUE " All of a sudden my margins are measured in pts instead of inches. How can i change back to inches? I CAN'T SEEM TO LOCATE THE STEPS i OFTEN USED WITH THE 2003 VERSION. APPRECIATE ANYONES HELP "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Assuming Word 2003 or earlier, Tools | Options | General: Measurement units--if you're really seeing points and not character units; but see http://www.gmayor.com/Character_Units.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "EFred" wrote in message ... All of a sudden my margins are measured in pts instead of inches. How can i change back to inches? Thanks EFred "crystal420" wrote: |
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How do I restore the original margin settings?
i have the same trouble as crystal420 and my portrait keeps changing to
landscape i believe smething is not set up right clive/lonly47 "crystal420" wrote: 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. |
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How do I restore the original margin settings?
Check the settings in the printer driver to make sure you haven't made
Landscape the default orientation. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "margin settings" margin wrote in message news  i have the same trouble as crystal420 and my portrait keeps changing to landscape i believe smething is not set up right clive/lonly47 "crystal420" wrote: 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. |
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How do I restore the original margin settings?
"crystal420" wrote: 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. |
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How do I restore the original margin settings?
Have you looked at any of the previous replies to this question?
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "baguettes" wrote in message ... "crystal420" wrote: 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. |
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How do I restore the original margin settings?
"crystal420" wrote: 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. |
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How do I restore the original margin settings?
Forget to add something?
-- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "please send me reply to this question" please send me reply to this wrote in message ... "crystal420" wrote: 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. |
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How do I restore the original margin settings?
The default margins in Word 2003 and earlier are 1.25" left and right, 1"
top and bottom. In Word 2007, they're 1" all around. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "please send me reply to this question" please send me reply to this wrote in message ... "crystal420" wrote: 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. |
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How do I restore the original margin settings?
I'm a half inch gal myself. ;-)
-- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... The default margins in Word 2003 and earlier are 1.25" left and right, 1" top and bottom. In Word 2007, they're 1" all around. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "please send me reply to this question" please send me reply to this wrote in message ... "crystal420" wrote: 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. |
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How do I restore the original margin settings?
But those are not the "original" page margins (if by "original" the OP meant
default out-of-the-box margins). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message ... I'm a half inch gal myself. ;-) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... The default margins in Word 2003 and earlier are 1.25" left and right, 1" top and bottom. In Word 2007, they're 1" all around. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "please send me reply to this question" please send me reply to this wrote in message ... "crystal420" wrote: 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. |
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How do I restore the original margin settings?
No, I leave the defaults alone and change them if I want smaller.
-- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... But those are not the "original" page margins (if by "original" the OP meant default out-of-the-box margins). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message ... I'm a half inch gal myself. ;-) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... The default margins in Word 2003 and earlier are 1.25" left and right, 1" top and bottom. In Word 2007, they're 1" all around. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "please send me reply to this question" please send me reply to this wrote in message ... "crystal420" wrote: 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. |
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How do I restore the original margin settings?
My point is that mentioning half-inch margins is not helping the OP.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message ... No, I leave the defaults alone and change them if I want smaller. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... But those are not the "original" page margins (if by "original" the OP meant default out-of-the-box margins). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message ... I'm a half inch gal myself. ;-) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... The default margins in Word 2003 and earlier are 1.25" left and right, 1" top and bottom. In Word 2007, they're 1" all around. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "please send me reply to this question" please send me reply to this wrote in message ... "crystal420" wrote: 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. |
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How do I restore the original margin settings?
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 -- 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. "crystal420" wrote in message ... 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. |
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How do I restore the original margin settings?
Note that the default margins in Word 2007 are 1" all the way around (but
still 0.5" for header and footer). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "jimbo802" wrote in message ... 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 -- 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. "crystal420" wrote in message ... 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. |
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How do I restore the original margin settings?
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). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "jimbo802" wrote in message ... 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 -- 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. "crystal420" wrote in message ... 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. |
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How do I restore the original margin settings?
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. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "jimbo802" wrote in message ... 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). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "jimbo802" wrote in message ... 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 -- 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. "crystal420" wrote in message ... 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. |
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