Why is my maximized window positioned off-center?

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The maximized window of Word 2003 stops short of the top of my screen,
showing my wallpaper behind, and buries the lower status line below the lower
boundaries of the screen, so I can't see what page I'm on. This can't be
normal, can it? What's wrong?
 
If you open it in Safe mode (Start->Run, type in "windword /safe" without the
quotes), does it do the same thing?
 
You might try recreating this key in the Registry which stores your
application window settings.

Exit Word and Outlook if you are using Word as your email editor and
in the Registry navigate to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Word\Data

And rename only the Settings value on the right. Word will create a
new on upon starting.

Note this value holds the majority of your preferences found in
Tools/Options and Tools/AutoCorrect (but not the AutoCorrect entries)
and they will be reset to the defaults. So in this situation you may
want to use the Registry/Export Registry file command, export your
selected branch, and delete the key. That way if you find the change
wasn't necessary or incorrect, you can merge the deleted branch back
to the Registry by double-clicking the resulting file.

Of course if you rename the value you can always delete the new one
and rename the old one back.

As always, prior to making any changes to the Registry you should
review "Backing up the Registry" and "Restoring the Registry" in the
Registry Help.

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