Hi everyone,

I hope someone can help me with this issue I am having with my Word
2003 program. For some reason, every time I start a blank document,
there is .5'' space on the right margin. I have it all set at 1''
margins on all sides yet when the type reaches the right margin, it
stops .5'' short of the right margin.

Now, I have figured out the reason for this (I think). The problem is
corrected if I format my columns to be be one column. It gives me the
..5'' then. Before I click the one column preset setting, it says that
the columns are set for 6''. Is there any way to change what the
default column width is? I am sick of having to do this every time.

Thanks for any help you can give!

You need to open Normal.dot (see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...ocNotBlank.htm), choose One in the
Columns dialog there, OK out, press Spacebar, then Backspace, then save
Normal.dot.

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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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Hi everyone,

I hope someone can help me with this issue I am having with my Word
2003 program. For some reason, every time I start a blank document,
there is .5'' space on the right margin. I have it all set at 1''
margins on all sides yet when the type reaches the right margin, it
stops .5'' short of the right margin.

Now, I have figured out the reason for this (I think). The problem is
corrected if I format my columns to be be one column. It gives me the
.5'' then. Before I click the one column preset setting, it says that
the columns are set for 6''. Is there any way to change what the
default column width is? I am sick of having to do this every time.

Thanks for any help you can give!

It worked! Thank you very much for helping me!