Going crazy - Need MS Word help

sandy5317 · 09-13-2005, 08:15 AM

I love Word, but I am very frustrated with it: Frequently, the bottom margin resets to 2.67 inches, I put it back where I want it, BUT the bottom 2.67 inches of the page will not print, even though it shows up in "print preview". I've been using Word for several years and never had this problem before. Could it be that a 'worm' is eating MS Word?

yustr · 09-13-2005, 09:05 AM

It's probably something in your Normal.dot file. Go to :

File > Open > C:\Documents and Settings\user name\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates>>Double-click the Normal.dot file to open it. Check the page setup menu. Make any changes you want and they will be applied to documents that you create in the future.

sandy5317 · 09-14-2005, 07:24 AM

Thanks for your suggestion. However, I don't have "administrator priviliges" here at work, and I can't even do something as simple as you suggested. I'll keep trying to fix the problem somehow, though. Unfortunately, nobody here is an 'expert' at Word, and nobody seems to care.......poor, poor me, LOLOL, sob, sob

09-13-2005, 08:15 AM	#1 (permalink)
sandy5317 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2 OS: XP	Going crazy - Need MS Word help I love Word, but I am very frustrated with it: Frequently, the bottom margin resets to 2.67 inches, I put it back where I want it, BUT the bottom 2.67 inches of the page will not print, even though it shows up in "print preview". I've been using Word for several years and never had this problem before. Could it be that a 'worm' is eating MS Word?

09-13-2005, 09:05 AM	#2 (permalink)
yustr Asst. Manager, The Conversation Pit Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Connecticut shore Posts: 6,040 OS: XP Pro My System	It's probably something in your Normal.dot file. Go to : File > Open > C:\Documents and Settings\user name\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates>>Double-click the Normal.dot file to open it. Check the page setup menu. Make any changes you want and they will be applied to documents that you create in the future. __________________ If there are lawyers or politicians involved, logic may be a very poor tool for reaching a conclusion.

09-14-2005, 07:24 AM	#3 (permalink)
sandy5317 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2 OS: XP	Thanks for your suggestion. However, I don't have "administrator priviliges" here at work, and I can't even do something as simple as you suggested. I'll keep trying to fix the problem somehow, though. Unfortunately, nobody here is an 'expert' at Word, and nobody seems to care.......poor, poor me, LOLOL, sob, sob