Can't change page size

On 12/8/05 9:16 AM, "Elliott Roper" wrote:

> In article <F3FD8362-202D-40F3-90DD-FC29A9E7503F DeleteThis @microsoft.com>, Steve
> B. <SteveB DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>> My page is set for Custom 6 x 4.5. I cannot reset to standard 8.5 x 11. Any
>> attempt to reset the page gives me a message "increasing right margin causes
>> last column to become too narrow in some sections having unevenly space
>> columns". Regardless of how I try to change the page setup, I get that
>> message and will not allow me to change my page size. This is very
>> frustrating. Any help greatly appreciated.
>
> If that is happening on every new document, it is time to trash your
> normal template. It looks like one section in your normal has gone
> multi-column on you. Although "too narrow" when moving from 4.5 inches
> to 8.5 inches wide is a bit of a puzzle to me.

Instead of trashing the Normal template, try this. Open it up. Select All.
Go to Format Columns and set to 1. Even if it is already set to 1, reset
it. Go to File Page Setup. Change the paper size to the desired default. In
the Normal template, space backspace so that Word knows there is a change to
be saved. Save and Close.

Create a new doc and see if it has the right paper size and behaves. It if
doesn't, Quit Word, drag the Normal template to the desktop (you may want it
later, it holds customizations, so should never be trashed directly) and
relaunch Word. Word will create a new Normal template on launch.

You didn't say what version of Word, so see here for how to find your Normal
template to do all this.
http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/MacWordNormal.htm
(hit refresh a few times in Safari, or use a different browser)
Link also tells you how to recover customizations if a new Normal is
necessary.
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In article <BFBDB47E.55758%daiyaNOSPAM@mvps.org.INVALID>, Daiya
Mitchell <daiyaNOSPAM.RemoveThis@mvps.org.INVALID> wrote:

> On 12/8/05 9:16 AM, "Elliott Roper" wrote:
>
> > In article <F3FD8362-202D-40F3-90DD-FC29A9E7503F.RemoveThis@microsoft.com>, Steve
> > B. <SteveB.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> >> My page is set for Custom 6 x 4.5. I cannot reset to standard 8.5 x 11.
> >> Any
> >> attempt to reset the page gives me a message "increasing right margin
> >> causes
> >> last column to become too narrow in some sections having unevenly space
> >> columns". Regardless of how I try to change the page setup, I get that
> >> message and will not allow me to change my page size. This is very
> >> frustrating. Any help greatly appreciated.
> >
> > If that is happening on every new document, it is time to trash your
> > normal template. It looks like one section in your normal has gone
> > multi-column on you. Although "too narrow" when moving from 4.5 inches
> > to 8.5 inches wide is a bit of a puzzle to me.
>
> Instead of trashing the Normal template, try this.
<snip>

Steve. What Daiya said. My reply was far too lazy.

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>>>> My page is set for Custom 6 x 4.5. I cannot reset to standard 8.5 x 11.
>>>> Any
>>>> attempt to reset the page gives me a message "increasing right margin
>>>> causes
>>>> last column to become too narrow in some sections having unevenly space
>>>> columns".
>
> Steve. What Daiya said. My reply was far too lazy.

Doesn't matter anyhow. He got an answer on the WinWord boards. Since this
is a moderate FAQ, I hope he *isn't* using MacWord, as it would mean we
picked up another imported bug, apparently.

Daiya