Word 2007 Column Format Problem

KBen · 03-05-2009, 02:07 PM

I have a very large document that was created in Word 2003 and is formatted to use 3 columns. It looks fine in Word 2003. When I open it in Word 2007 Compatibility Mode, many of the pages show the text from the top of column 2 overlapping the text at the bottom of column 3.

The attached shows an example of overlapping text at the bottom of column 3 of one of the pages.

The document appears to print correctly, but the problem makes it very difficult to proof and edit the text.

Any suggestions for fixing this?

**macropod** · 03-06-2009, 11:52 PM

Hi KBen,

Do you have the Office 2007 SP1 update installed?

Have you tried repairing your Office installation (Word Options|Resources|Run MS Office Diagnostics)?

KBen · 03-09-2009, 01:30 PM

Hello and thanks for your response.

I confirmed that Office 2007 SP1 update is installed and I did try repairing my Office installation. No luck there.

FYI, the problem is occurs consistently for other users, too.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

KBen · 03-11-2009, 09:39 AM

I have additional information.

The problem occurs when the vertical alignment of the section layout is set to justified. If I change the vertical alignment to top, bottom or center, the text no longer overlaps.

I can only recreate it in a continous section preceded by a continous section.

Any thoughts?

03-06-2009, 11:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
macropod TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 566 OS: Vista	Re: Word 2007 Column Format Problem Hi KBen, Do you have the Office 2007 SP1 update installed? Have you tried repairing your Office installation (Word Options\|Resources\|Run MS Office Diagnostics)? __________________ Cheers macropod (MS MVP -Word) Last edited by macropod; 03-06-2009 at 11:53 PM.

03-09-2009, 01:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
KBen Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 4 OS: xp	Re: Word 2007 Column Format Problem Hello and thanks for your response. I confirmed that Office 2007 SP1 update is installed and I did try repairing my Office installation. No luck there. FYI, the problem is occurs consistently for other users, too. Any help is greatly appreciated.

03-11-2009, 09:39 AM	#4 (permalink)
KBen Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 4 OS: xp	Re: Word 2007 Column Format Problem I have additional information. The problem occurs when the vertical alignment of the section layout is set to justified. If I change the vertical alignment to top, bottom or center, the text no longer overlaps. I can only recreate it in a continous section preceded by a continous section. Any thoughts? Last edited by KBen; 03-11-2009 at 10:00 AM.