Change the Windows regional settings from US to a country that uses A4 such
as UK.
Then if necessary see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...ocNotBlank.htm

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Julia wrote:
My computer refuses to make A4 the default for documents and converts
everything to Letter size even when i start over from a blank
document. It's complaining about uneven column spacing and margins
being too big.

It's driving me round the bend!!!