How do I restore the original margin settings?

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I was playing around and I think I set the margin setting all wonky. Could
someone tell me what the original page margins are? I would be appreciative.
 
For U.S. Letter, 1.25" left and right, 1" top and bottom, 0.5" header and
footer; for A4, I believe the equivalent in cm. One way to get back to the
default margins temporarily, just so you can see what they are, is to start
Word with the /a switch or (in recent versions) pressing Ctrl while loading.
This loads Word in Safe Mode, with the default Normal.dot. If you have made
no other modifications you want to save, you can rename Normal.dot, and Word
will generate a fresh factory-default copy; see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm

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crystal420 said:
I was playing around and I think I set the margin setting all wonky. Could
someone tell me what the original page margins are? I would be
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appreciative.
 
When I tried loading Word in Safe Mode, I looked to see what the margins were
and they were 1" left and right, and 1" top and bottom. I am confused. Why
did Suzanne say the normal page margins for U.S. letter are 1.25 left and
right?
 
The default Left and Right margins are 1.25" in Word 2003 and earlier; they
are 1" in Word 2007. You didn't say what version you had?
 
All of a sudden my margins are measured in pts instead of inches.

How can i change back to inches?

Thanks

EFred
 
i'M USING WORD 2007 AND HAVE SAME ISSUE " All of a sudden my margins are
measured in pts instead of inches.

How can i change back to inches?
I CAN'T SEEM TO LOCATE THE STEPS i OFTEN USED WITH THE 2003 VERSION.
APPRECIATE ANYONES HELP
 
Are you sure they are measured in points rather than Character Units? This
happens if you enable Asian Language support.
 
i have the same trouble as crystal420 and my portrait keeps changing to
landscape i believe smething is not set up right clive/lonly47
 
Check the settings in the printer driver to make sure you haven't made
Landscape the default orientation.
 
crystal420 said:
I was playing around and I think I set the margin setting all wonky. Could
someone tell me what the original page margins are? I would be appreciative.
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crystal420 said:
I was playing around and I think I set the margin setting all wonky. Could
someone tell me what the original page margins are? I would be appreciative.
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Forget to add something?

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Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



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The default margins in Word 2003 and earlier are 1.25" left and right, 1"
top and bottom. In Word 2007, they're 1" all around.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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I'm a half inch gal myself. ;-)

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Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"
 
But those are not the "original" page margins (if by "original" the OP meant
default out-of-the-box margins).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

JoAnn Paules said:
I'm a half inch gal myself. ;-)

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
The default margins in Word 2003 and earlier are 1.25" left and right, 1"
top and bottom. In Word 2007, they're 1" all around.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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No, I leave the defaults alone and change them if I want smaller.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
But those are not the "original" page margins (if by "original" the OP
meant default out-of-the-box margins).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

JoAnn Paules said:
I'm a half inch gal myself. ;-)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
The default margins in Word 2003 and earlier are 1.25" left and right,
1" top and bottom. In Word 2007, they're 1" all around.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"please send me reply to this question" <please send me reply to this
(e-mail address removed)> wrote in message


:

I was playing around and I think I set the margin setting all wonky.
Could
someone tell me what the original page margins are? I would be
appreciative.
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My point is that mentioning half-inch margins is not helping the OP.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

JoAnn Paules said:
No, I leave the defaults alone and change them if I want smaller.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



Suzanne S. Barnhill said:
But those are not the "original" page margins (if by "original" the OP
meant default out-of-the-box margins).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

JoAnn Paules said:
I'm a half inch gal myself. ;-)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



The default margins in Word 2003 and earlier are 1.25" left and right,
1" top and bottom. In Word 2007, they're 1" all around.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"please send me reply to this question" <please send me reply to this
(e-mail address removed)> wrote in message


:

I was playing around and I think I set the margin setting all wonky.
Could
someone tell me what the original page margins are? I would be
appreciative.
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