Default document is a square

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Michael Abrams
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Default document is a square

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When I open a 'new' Word document, it is shaped like a square and I cannot figure out what happened.

I have pasted it to an excel spreadsheet so you can visualize my dumb issue :scratch:
Book1.xlsx
When I open a previously saved document, it opens correctly.

Thank you for looking.

Michael
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Re: Default document is a square

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In such a new document, activate the PAGE LAYOUT tab of the ribbon.
Click the little arrow in the lower right corner of the Page Setup group.
Activate the Paper tab of the Page Setup dialog.
What do you see?
This is what I get (being in Europe, A4 is the default paper size):
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Re: Default document is a square

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Looks like yours.
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Re: Default document is a square

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What happens if you move the mouse pointer to the top edge of the page and double-click?
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Re: Default document is a square

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:sad: Nothing happens.

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Could you attach an (empty) sample document?
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Re: Default document is a square

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You may be clicking in the wrong place. It is a fairly narrow zone.
See http://wordfaqs.ssbarnhill.com/WhiteSpace.htm

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Here it is:
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Re: Default document is a square

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Charles Kenyon wrote:You may be clicking in the wrong place. It is a fairly narrow zone.
See http://wordfaqs.ssbarnhill.com/WhiteSpace.htm

That was it !

Far out ! Thank you so much - that's awesome.