That's right, I don't know how to take a screen shot, but like I said, I'm
desperate!

I have now figured it out.

The lines around the text boundary are dotted when I expand my view to
200%+. They only appeared after I followed your suggestion to view the text
boundary. I am able to move them to match my right margin, but I have to do
that with every new document I open.

I don't have asian languages enabled, as far as I can tell...I checked my
language settings in Microsoft Office Tools...it's set for English -Canadian.

I don't have a text box open either. Every new document I open has the same
margin settings.

I'm thinking I should just reinstall office and see where that takes me.

I appreciate your help.

Screenshots are now at: http://members.shaw.ca/radioisme



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

It is obvious from your "screen shot" that (a) you don't know how to take a
screen shot (PrintScreen) and (b) the text boundary is something other than
the margin. True text boundaries are dotted lines (this one looks solid) and
will extend to connect to the "crop marks" in the corners (which I imagine
you may be seeing because you have an Asian language enabled and not because
you have text boundaries displayed). My guess is that what you're dealing
with here is a text box, and the line (at least in this fuzzy photo) looks
like the default border of a text box.

FWIW, you obviously also have "Click and type" enabled--don't know whether
that's relevant or not.

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"radioisme" wrote in message
...
My margins are set for .5" all around. Even if I set them for 1" or 1.5"
or
anything else, the right tex boundary keeps showing itself shorter than
the
right margin setting.

Now I'm desperate. I've taken a photo of my screen showing the text
boundary line and showing the ruler with the margin setting. Maybe I'm
just
not describing it right. http://members.shaw.ca/radioisme select the file
"screen shot".

Thanks for your ongoing help.





"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The text boundary IS the right margin unless you are in a text box, say,
or
a table that is narrower than the margin width. I'm wondering if you are
misinterpreting the ruler; see
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/UsingRulers.htm

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"radioisme" wrote in message
...
I should say...the top ruler shows the right margin at 7.5"...the text
boundary is at 6".



"radioisme" wrote:

I'm using print view. But after checking the text boundaries, they
are
not
set to the right margin. The top ruler shows the right boundary at
7.5",
which is where I want it, but the text boundary line puts the
boundary
at 6".

Is there a way to change this and to retain the changed area as the
default
setting?

thank you for your help! Huge progress already!!



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Do you have the margins displayed (Tools | Options | View: Text
boundaries)?
This might make it easier to see what's actually going on. What
view
are you
using?

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"radioisme" wrote in message
...
Thank you both for your suggestions. Neither of them worked. If
you
can
think of anything else PLEASE let me know. I can't understand
how
this
happened and I've checked every setting I can think of to fix
it!



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Check Format | Paragraph to see if there is a right indent
applied.

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"radioisme" wrote in
message
...
When I type text into a Word document, the text wraps before
it
reaches
the
right margin. I've tried resetting my "default" settings to
old
documents
where I didn't have this problem, but whenever I open a new
document,
the
same problem appears.