Left margin editor stopped working in Word

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The left margin adjustment has stopped working in the default Word 2010 application.

I have attempted to manually drag it down (it's currently all the way at the top) without success.

I have opened the page layout and selected several of the available settings. Only the top/bottom

margins change when applying these.

I have tried to manually change the left margin in the custom margins option. No change.

I have tried to repair Office with the disk inserted. Again no change.

I uninstalled Office and reinstalled it. Again no changes in the left margin editor.

*note- If I open a previously saved Word document the left margin adjustment works fine.

The issue is only with the default Word application.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Dan

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Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.1K MVP Volunteer Moderator

Possibly, you do not have the white space showing between pages.

Go to File>Options>Display and check the box for "Show white space between pages in Print Layout view".

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Suzanne S Barnhill 278.1K MVP Volunteer Moderator

While Doug's method certainly works, it's a lot quicker (as pointed out in http://wordfaqs.mvps.org/WhiteSpace.htm) just to double-click between the pages.

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Anonymous

2015-08-22T04:59:05+00:00

Thanks, that did it.

fyi...I called HP (my manufacturer) and described the issue and everything I've done to try and remedy it. Their response was I'll have to reinstall Windows.

I said no thanks, there must be an easier way to remedy this.
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