Hitting enter moves cursor to next page

G

Guest

Office Xp and Office 2003 (same document)
User enters text on first page - no problem
User enters text on 1st line of second page, when hitting enter or coming to
the end of the line, Word moves the cursor to the top of Page 3, type one
line, cursor goes to the top of Page 4, etc...

Formatting issue? Any ideas what it could be?

Thank you
Bruce
 
J

Jay Freedman

The first paragraph of page 2 may be formatted with Page Break Before (in
Format > Paragraph > Line & Page Breaks), in which case each time you hit
Enter you're getting another paragraph with the same setting.
 
G

Guest

Thanks Jay, but that option is already unchecked.

Any other ideas? I appreciate the help
 
J

Jay Freedman

Hi Bruce,

Stare at all the settings in the Format > Paragraph dialog. A very large
Space After setting (> 9 inches on a Letter page) would do it.

Ditto the File > Page Setup dialog.

Close the document, then select it in the File > Open dialog, click the down
arrow next to the Open button, and click Open and Repair. If the document
was damaged, that may fix it.

If all else fails and the document isn't confidential, zip it and mail it to
me, and I'll have a look.
 

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