Well, I needed it for a research project and my professor took off 10 points because of the bottom margin. All other margins on Word 2007 are same as 2003. 1 inch, 1inch, 1 inch, 1 inch. If you go to PAGE LAYOUT, MARGINS, CUSTOM MARGINS, then change bottom margin to.75 inch, it will look fine. [MLA Format].
I had the exact same problem. I looked for ways to fix this problem on the internet. The most common thing you will find is to delete the Normal.dot template or make a new template.
However those didn't work. I was getting really frustraged but I finally was able to find a way to fix the margin problem. Here's how: Open word. Then click on help at the top of the screen. Then click detect and repair.
A window will pop up that has two options on it. The important one says, 'discard my custom settings and restore default settings.' Make sure that box is checked then hit start.
After that just follow the directions and hopefully it will fix your margin problem. It fixed mine. I'm running word 2003. This process could be different on other versions but shouldn't be too hard to figure out. I hope this helps someone. I had the exact same problem.
I looked for ways to fix this problem on the internet. The most common thing you will find is to delete the Normal.dot template or make a new template. However those didn't work. I was getting really frustraged but I finally was able to find a way to fix the margin problem. Here's how: Open word. Then click on help at the top of the screen.
Then click detect and repair. A window will pop up that has two options on it. The important one says, 'discard my custom settings and restore default settings.' Make sure that box is checked then hit start.
After that just follow the directions and hopefully it will fix your margin problem. It fixed mine.
I'm running word 2003. This process could be different on other versions but shouldn't be too hard to figure out. I hope this helps someone. Thanks so much for your post.
I just ran into this exact problem, and your post resolved the problem. You may also want to check that your vertical alignment is 'Top', rather than Centered, Justified or Bottom: Page Layout Layout Page, Vertical Alignment Top My pages were also ignoring the 1' top and bottom margins that I had selected and verified were in place. Then I remembered that I had used 'Centered' alignment to make the title on page 1 easier to position correctly. The 'Centered' alignment had carried over to the next page, creating a nearly two inch top margin that refused to budge and a ruler (View Ruler) that was longer then my verified Letter size (8 1/2' x 11') page. I have MS Office Pro 2013/Word 2013.