Words fail me

July 13, 2007 8:34 AM

Word indents one space at the top of every page for no reason I can find

In some documents that I write in Word the first word (or a bullet or whatever) is indented one space. Second line and all other lines are fine - until the top of the next page.

It isn't a set tab or other indent command, it doesn't seem to be something hidden in the normal template, it isn't visible via any form of page view as a code, it just happens and I can't fix it.

Ideas?

posted by A189Nut to computers & internet (6 comments total)

Did you actually delete normal.dot to test that it wasn't due to the template?
posted by grouse at 8:42 AM on July 13, 2007

Try the settings for Format/Paragraph under indentation.
posted by exogenous at 8:48 AM on July 13, 2007

Yes, delete normal.dot.

In fact, do a search on your computer for "normal.dot" and delete every instance you find. It can live in several places.

If that's not it, look in Tools/Templates and Add-Ins... for any templates that are loading in addition to normal.dot.
posted by disclaimer at 8:58 AM on July 13, 2007

Will try delete - but it only happens on some docs, not all, and on all PCs I read the document on. Does that mean anything?
posted by A189Nut at 9:26 AM on July 13, 2007

Once you create a document on one computer, settings it has incorporated from its template will persist even when you take it to another computer. Delete all the copies of normal.dot. Then try again with a new document.
posted by grouse at 9:40 AM on July 13, 2007

A search for normal.dot reveals no such file on my laptop at home. ????

Maybe I am not making this too clear - it isn't that every document I create has this problem, just some. It might be only on my work PC, I don't know.

I'd live with it happening if there was some way I could go into affected documents and do XYZ and fix it.
posted by A189Nut at 10:02 AM on July 13, 2007