Normal resists formatting

Normal is the default doc. that appears when opening Word. Suddenly it begins
every doc. on line 1 at the very top of page and ends on last line at bottom
of page, even though Page Setup clearly shows larger spaces for Top and
Bottom margins. I have tried several times to modify this through Styles and
Formatting, and also have tried different margin sizes on Page Setup. But
nothing sticks; Normal always returns to that spontaneous default.

Any suggestions of how to set Normal the way I want it and make it stick?
Otheerwise, Word is working fine.

I have WinXP Home-SP2 and self-standing Word 2003.

See http://www.gmayor.com/white_space.htm

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Leroy wrote:
Normal is the default doc. that appears when opening Word. Suddenly
it begins every doc. on line 1 at the very top of page and ends on
last line at bottom of page, even though Page Setup clearly shows
larger spaces for Top and Bottom margins. I have tried several times
to modify this through Styles and Formatting, and also have tried
different margin sizes on Page Setup. But nothing sticks; Normal
always returns to that spontaneous default.

Any suggestions of how to set Normal the way I want it and make it
stick? Otheerwise, Word is working fine.

I have WinXP Home-SP2 and self-standing Word 2003.

See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/WhiteSpace.htm.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Leroy" wrote in message
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Normal is the default doc. that appears when opening Word. Suddenly it
begins
every doc. on line 1 at the very top of page and ends on last line at
bottom
of page, even though Page Setup clearly shows larger spaces for Top and
Bottom margins. I have tried several times to modify this through Styles
and
Formatting, and also have tried different margin sizes on Page Setup. But
nothing sticks; Normal always returns to that spontaneous default.

Any suggestions of how to set Normal the way I want it and make it stick?
Otheerwise, Word is working fine.

I have WinXP Home-SP2 and self-standing Word 2003.