extra line spacing at top of page

[Guest]

I cannot seem to get rid of the extra line spacing at the top of pages when I
am typing or revising a long document with a number of headings. I have
tried using all of the options under "Tools," "Options," "Compatibility" that
would seem to address this issue, all to no avail. Can someone help?

Thanks.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Are you displaying nonprinting characters? Text boundaries? This helps in
troubleshooting.

Are the headings formatted as "Page break before," or is there a manual page
break before them?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Richard Neville]

This may happen because of stray paragraph marks. Turn on Show Paragraphs,
and look for a paragraph symbol in the extra line; delete it if you can.

If you cannot delete it, select it and change the font to 1 (one) point,
which will make in invisible to the eye.