The Word and Office Startup folders are (as the name suggests) folders where
Word and other Office applications look when they are starting up. Any
template or add-in stored in either of these folders will be loaded when you
start Word. Palmapp.dot is a notorious troublemaker. If you don't have any
real use for it, I wouldn't even give it space in your user templates
folder, but if you do sometimes need it, then you can load it from there as
needed (but as an add-in, not a document template).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"SmithDave" wrote in message
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Thanks to Suzanne for pointing me at Normal.dot. However this was not the
solution.

Here's what I did:
1. I changed the Macro Security level to medium.
2. When I started MS Word, it announced a document template that was to be
opened. I had no idea that it was there. It was installed when I set up an
application for my Palm PDA. The name of the template was Palmapp.dot.
3. Its location was another new wrinkle that I discovered: c:\program
files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\Startup. Apparently, this is a folder
where I
can store a template for frequent use.
4. I removed Palmapp.dot from the startup folder and put it into the
Templates folder with Normal.dot. Now things are behaving normally.

D.Smith




"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...ocNotBlank.htm

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Words into Type
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"SmithDave" wrote in message
news
Nope, sorry. It's not Track Changes.

I'm using Word 2003 11.5604.5606. This happens when I open a new
document.
Untouched. No content.

I am familiar with how Track Changes shows balloons on the right side.
I
know I can get rid of all by accepting all changes. Track Changes is
off.

In Tools Options I can set Track Changes to "never" and the margin
is
still 4.5 cm.

BTW, I work around this issue by opening an old Word file, one that
displays
correct margins in both Page Setup and onscreen. I just want to know
what's
up with a new document. Any suggestions?

Dave Smith

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If this is Word 2002 or 2003, the "funky setting" is Track Changes.
When
you're tracking changes, Word expands the virtual page to allow for
the
"balloons." If you print the page it will be either shrunk to fit on
portrait or rotated to landscape depending on your settings on the
Track
Changes tab of Tools | Options.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"SmithDave" wrote in message
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Question 1: Is this normal behaviour?
1. Page Setup shows Right Margin 2 cm
2. Actual page shows Right Margin 4.5 cm
3. Can't change Right Margin
Question 2: Why is the Right Margin so big?
Question 3: How do I change the actual page so that it displays a
Right
Margin 2 cm?

Basic_Formatting.htm tells me to change the Right Margin by using
Page
Setup
and the Margin tab. But when I go there and try to change it, I
get
the
error
message "Increasing right margin causes last column to become too
narrow..."
Question 4: Have I got some kind of funky setting that causes this
2
cm
margin to appear as 4.5 cm?

Best Regards,
D.Smith


"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

Margin formatting is by section.
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/basic_formatting.htm
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/sections.htm

I suspect there is a question you want to ask, but you haven't
asked
it.
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented
version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"SmithDave" wrote in
message
...
When I open a new document (Word 2003 11.5604.5606) page
margins
in
Page
Setup indicate Left 2 cm and Right 2 cm. On the page the
margin
ruler
shows
margins at Left 2 cm and Right 4.5 cm.
When I try to change right margin with my mouse, it does not
move.
When I
try to change right margin in Page Setup, the error message I
get
is
"Increasing right margin causes last column to become too
narrow
in
some
sections having unevenly spaced columns." P.S. Multple pages
is
set to
"Normal"