Resizing a header

[Guest]

I am currently having trouble in resizing a header. I orginally had a header
that was its standard size, 1/2 inch; however, the header is now about 4
inches. The beginning of all my documents are at the middle of the page. I
checked Microsoft Office Help and I could not find anything. Any help would
be much appreciated.

Thanks

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

Toggle non-printing characters on (Ctrl+Shift+8) and see if there are
paragraph marks in the header that are making it arbitrarily tall.

If not, then choose File - Page Setup - Margins tab (assuming you're using
Word 2003 or earlier), and see if the Top Margin is set to something above
1". In the Layout tab, make sure the From edge: settings for the Header are
set to .5".

 

[Guest]

Hello Anni,

If you check in File\Page Setup, under the Layout tab, what is the setting
form the edge for the Header?

If 4", change it to your original setting.

 

[Guest]

Thanks guys for the suggestions; however, I have already checked the margins
and they are all the default margin sizes. I also checked the non-printing
characters and there are no paragraph marks above the 4-inch mark on the
page. When I view the header the box, the header is 4 inches in height. Any
thoughts?

 

[Guest]

Are you using the normal.dot, or a custom template?

 

[Guest]

Did you check your vertical alignment and make sure that it is set to Top?
Format | Page | Page Setup | Layout | Vertical Alignment.

 

[Guest]

Thanks everyone for the help. It was the Vertical Alignment that was the
problem.

You guys ROCK!!

 

[Guest]

Glad that we could help you!