he bottom margins in Word will stay at the default of one inch and then
suddenly go to two inches up from the bottom of the page. It happens at
paragraph changes. I can backspace the paragraph and and bring up the
preceding page, but when I press 'tab' to indent the paragraph, it goes to
the next page again. I'm a former WP user and am getting used to the 'quirks'
of Word. Can anyone give me a hand?

See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BottomLine.htm. Possibly you still
have "Define styles based on your formatting" checked on the AutoFormat As
You Type tab of Tools | AutoCorrect Options. Or you're taking advantage of
"Set left- and first-indent with tabs and backspaces." In either case, Word
may be applying a different style when you tab to indent, and that style may
be formatted as "Keep with next."

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Scrcrow" wrote in message
...
he bottom margins in Word will stay at the default of one inch and then
suddenly go to two inches up from the bottom of the page. It happens at
paragraph changes. I can backspace the paragraph and and bring up the
preceding page, but when I press 'tab' to indent the paragraph, it goes to
the next page again. I'm a former WP user and am getting used to the
'quirks'
of Word. Can anyone give me a hand?

Thank you for the help. Also in 'tinkering' I found if I clicked 'justified'
in vertical alignment, it also helped. Suzanne, can you tell me where "Keep
with next." might be located in the Auto Correct Options. I couldn't find it.
(sigh) sorry.
Thanks again,
Scrcrow

"Scrcrow" wrote:

he bottom margins in Word will stay at the default of one inch and then
suddenly go to two inches up from the bottom of the page. It happens at
paragraph changes. I can backspace the paragraph and and bring up the
preceding page, but when I press 'tab' to indent the paragraph, it goes to
the next page again. I'm a former WP user and am getting used to the 'quirks'
of Word. Can anyone give me a hand?

Format | Paragraph | Line and Page Breaks.

--
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.

"Scrcrow" wrote in message
...
Thank you for the help. Also in 'tinkering' I found if I clicked
'justified'
in vertical alignment, it also helped. Suzanne, can you tell me where
"Keep
with next." might be located in the Auto Correct Options. I couldn't find
it.
(sigh) sorry.
Thanks again,
Scrcrow

"Scrcrow" wrote:

he bottom margins in Word will stay at the default of one inch and then
suddenly go to two inches up from the bottom of the page. It happens at
paragraph changes. I can backspace the paragraph and and bring up the
preceding page, but when I press 'tab' to indent the paragraph, it goes
to
the next page again. I'm a former WP user and am getting used to the
'quirks'
of Word. Can anyone give me a hand?

You are amazing. Thanks soooo much! I think I have a handle on it now!
Scrcrow

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Format | Paragraph | Line and Page Breaks.

--
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.

"Scrcrow" wrote in message
...
Thank you for the help. Also in 'tinkering' I found if I clicked
'justified'
in vertical alignment, it also helped. Suzanne, can you tell me where
"Keep
with next." might be located in the Auto Correct Options. I couldn't find
it.
(sigh) sorry.
Thanks again,
Scrcrow

"Scrcrow" wrote:

he bottom margins in Word will stay at the default of one inch and then
suddenly go to two inches up from the bottom of the page. It happens at
paragraph changes. I can backspace the paragraph and and bring up the
preceding page, but when I press 'tab' to indent the paragraph, it goes
to
the next page again. I'm a former WP user and am getting used to the
'quirks'
of Word. Can anyone give me a hand?

You, too, can be amazing: just spend 14 years using Word (six versions),
exploring all the menus and buttons and dialogues to see what they do. g
Actually, if you do the latter, it will take far less than 14 years.

--
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.

"Scrcrow" wrote in message
news
You are amazing. Thanks soooo much! I think I have a handle on it now!
Scrcrow

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Format | Paragraph | Line and Page Breaks.

--
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.

"Scrcrow" wrote in message
...
Thank you for the help. Also in 'tinkering' I found if I clicked
'justified'
in vertical alignment, it also helped. Suzanne, can you tell me where
"Keep
with next." might be located in the Auto Correct Options. I couldn't
find
it.
(sigh) sorry.
Thanks again,
Scrcrow

"Scrcrow" wrote:

he bottom margins in Word will stay at the default of one inch and
then
suddenly go to two inches up from the bottom of the page. It happens
at
paragraph changes. I can backspace the paragraph and and bring up
the
preceding page, but when I press 'tab' to indent the paragraph, it
goes
to
the next page again. I'm a former WP user and am getting used to the
'quirks'
of Word. Can anyone give me a hand?