[left margin issue]

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Hello everyone and thank you in advance for your help!

In Word (Office Pack 2003), the left margin ruler has been "off" for some time now (it's pretty silly for a ruler to get off ...). Let me explain:

On the left side, we normally have the top and bottom margins visible on the ruler (i.e., the "margined" part is in gray, the rest of the ruler being in white). And now that's not the case anymore; the entire margin is white, so my first line is displayed right at the top of the page ... It's not dramatic, but it's annoying!

To add a little weirdness, when I print, there's no problem; not even the error message regarding print margins ... the margin is correct, the standard 2.5 cm.

I have already gone into File > Page Setup, and all my margins are set to 2.5 cm, and the same in the .dot

I don't really know what to try, so if you have any idea, my pride will handle being helped ...

Thank you in advance,
Christophe

13 answers

  1. Pfffffffff I messed up, sorry ...
    The command to hide spaces was activated
    For those interested:
    When you place your mouse precisely between two pages (in page mode, that is ...) the cursor changes appearance and offers to hide (as opposed to show) the spaces. There you go, it's not complicated, it's sorted ...
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    1. PHEW!!!
      I spent a crazy amount of time looking for how to restore the left margin and then I had the idea to check the forum....
      A very BIG THANK YOU to Fophe
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    2. Thank you for posting this info, it really helped me today!!
      There you go,
      byeee
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    3. Thank you also from my side, Achour, from Morocco.
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    4. Thank you very much!! I admit I was scared to see my document (85 pages long and I've been working on it for 3 months ...) suddenly change appearance! Thank you, thank you!
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    5. Thank you very much, very useful information.
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  2. To display the margins or rather the rulers, simply go to: "View/Ruler".
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    1. Same here, thanks for the info, it saved me a long headache :) (and long live Google)
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      1. Thank you, I'm a pain too, I made the same mistake as you and your post really helped me out. :)
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        1. It's not you who's a drag, it's the computer. I had the same problem and I wouldn't have found the solution if you hadn't posted it on the forum. So, thank you very much.

          Nat144
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          1. I'm having exactly the same problem... I've been stressing out for two days and it's not working. It doesn't want to listen. I can't place any notch on the left rule. Your solution doesn't work. Help me!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't take it anymore!!!!!
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            1. Moderator
              Hello,

              Your issue is not the same, you talk about setting up stops! It's not at all a matter of hidden margins.

              I advise you to repost in a new topic and explain everything to us!

              m@rina
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          2. Hello,

            another issue with the margin regarding

            the insertion of comments

            This shifts the right margin, reduces the font size on the printer without it being a problem with the tab

            Sincerely,

            Yann
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            1. I can't remove the RTF from AbiWord.
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              1. Yessssssssss

                super thanks to fophe,

                new user of Word Office 2003 and even struggling

                once again, well done
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                1. Thank you for the info...

                  This is not the first time this has happened to me and I've always found the solution by miracle, trying many solutions, sometimes after several days. Now I know where the bug comes from.

                  Thank you....Thank you

                  Yo
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                  1. Super cool. Thanks to the forum and people like you for solving our information problems.
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                    1. A big thank you to Fophe

                      because it had been driving me crazy for 15 days... and I didn't know what manipulation I had done to make the vertical rule disappear and the pages stick to each other.

                      Long live the forum and Google.
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                      1. Super !!!
                        Thank you so much, you just saved me in the middle of writing my dissertation!
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