[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The default Left and Right margins are 1.25" in Word 2003 and earlier; they
are 1" in Word 2007. You didn't say what version you had?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Type Write" Type wrote in message
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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

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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.