Cursor at startup will not move

hello
i am a user of Microsoft office xp, i usually use
microsoft word, however lately i have been having a
problem.
everytime i startup microsoft word, the cursor is
initially placed approxiamately 3 quarters down the
page, and i cannot be able to move the cursor upwards to
start typing up a new task. it is really annoying
problem. i selected the option detect and repair and
still didnt fix the problem.
i also tried reinstalling office, however it also didnt
fix the problem. No matter what i tried doing, the cursor
would not move up the page. .

Can you please find me a resolution. help and assistance
would be really appreciated.

regards

On the Layout tab of Page Setup, make sure the vertical alignment is set to
Top rather than Center.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
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"Micheal" wrote in message
...
hello
i am a user of Microsoft office xp, i usually use
microsoft word, however lately i have been having a
problem.
everytime i startup microsoft word, the cursor is
initially placed approxiamately 3 quarters down the
page, and i cannot be able to move the cursor upwards to
start typing up a new task. it is really annoying
problem. i selected the option detect and repair and
still didnt fix the problem.
i also tried reinstalling office, however it also didnt
fix the problem. No matter what i tried doing, the cursor
would not move up the page. .

Can you please find me a resolution. help and assistance
would be really appreciated.

regards

Hi Michael

The most likely cause of your problem is that the page is set to be centred
vertically. To test this, create a new document. Do File Page Setup. On
the Layout tab, does the Vertical Alignment box say Centre? If so, that's
the cause of your problem.

Alternatively, maybe there's something weird in the header. View Header
and Footer. Click the ¶ button on the toolbar. That will display a ¶ to
indicate the end of each paragraph. Is there any thing in the header that
looks weird?

If you've found the problem, you need to fix it permanently. To do that,
you'll have to edit normal.dot and make the change there. Then your fix will
apply to all future documents you create. The following page explains how to
do that:
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErr...ocNotBlank.htm

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


"Micheal" wrote in message
...
hello
i am a user of Microsoft office xp, i usually use
microsoft word, however lately i have been having a
problem.
everytime i startup microsoft word, the cursor is
initially placed approxiamately 3 quarters down the
page, and i cannot be able to move the cursor upwards to
start typing up a new task. it is really annoying
problem. i selected the option detect and repair and
still didnt fix the problem.
i also tried reinstalling office, however it also didnt
fix the problem. No matter what i tried doing, the cursor
would not move up the page. .

Can you please find me a resolution. help and assistance
would be really appreciated.

regards