A colleague was having problems with a Word document where the header
was taking half the page. There was only 1 or 2 lines in the header
but yet it would not size down. No matter what I try, the header will
not size down, and in some cases it actually gets bigger and takes the
whole page!
This problem has now migrated to my Word 2003 installation. When I
create a new document (blank), the cursor ends up in the middle of the
page. The header height size defaults to half the page, and there's NO
way to size it down.

Any ideas, on how to fix this?

Thanks.

Open the Normal template (as described at
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/apperrors/...ocNotBlank.htm) and then do
the following: On the File menu, click Page Setup. Click the Layout
tab. Make sure that the "Vertical alignment" is set to "Top". Save and
close the file. Repeat for existing documents affected by the problem.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


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A colleague was having problems with a Word document where the
header
was taking half the page. There was only 1 or 2 lines in the header
but yet it would not size down. No matter what I try, the header
will
not size down, and in some cases it actually gets bigger and takes
the
whole page!
This problem has now migrated to my Word 2003 installation. When I
create a new document (blank), the cursor ends up in the middle of
the
page. The header height size defaults to half the page, and there's
NO
way to size it down.

Any ideas, on how to fix this?

Thanks.

It is not necessary to open Normal.dot for this. Just change the setting in
Page Setup in a new blank document (without making any other Page Setup
changes) and click Default..., then answer Yes.

--
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.

"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
...
Open the Normal template (as described at
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/apperrors/...ocNotBlank.htm) and then do
the following: On the File menu, click Page Setup. Click the Layout
tab. Make sure that the "Vertical alignment" is set to "Top". Save and
close the file. Repeat for existing documents affected by the problem.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


wrote in message
ups.com...
A colleague was having problems with a Word document where the
header
was taking half the page. There was only 1 or 2 lines in the header
but yet it would not size down. No matter what I try, the header
will
not size down, and in some cases it actually gets bigger and takes
the
whole page!
This problem has now migrated to my Word 2003 installation. When I
create a new document (blank), the cursor ends up in the middle of
the
page. The header height size defaults to half the page, and there's
NO
way to size it down.

Any ideas, on how to fix this?

Thanks.

Good point.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
It is not necessary to open Normal.dot for this. Just change the
setting in
Page Setup in a new blank document (without making any other Page
Setup
changes) and click Default..., then answer Yes.

--
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.

"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
...
Open the Normal template (as described at
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/apperrors/...ocNotBlank.htm) and then
do
the following: On the File menu, click Page Setup. Click the
Layout
tab. Make sure that the "Vertical alignment" is set to "Top". Save
and
close the file. Repeat for existing documents affected by the
problem.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


wrote in message
ups.com...
A colleague was having problems with a Word document where the
header
was taking half the page. There was only 1 or 2 lines in the
header
but yet it would not size down. No matter what I try, the
header
will
not size down, and in some cases it actually gets bigger and
takes
the
whole page!
This problem has now migrated to my Word 2003 installation.
When I
create a new document (blank), the cursor ends up in the middle
of
the
page. The header height size defaults to half the page, and
there's
NO
way to size it down.

Any ideas, on how to fix this?

Thanks.