Microsoft KB Archive/26792

Text Running Off Right Edge of Screen

PSS ID Number: Q26792 Article last modified on 03-07-1997

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In Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, the text of a document may run off the screen so that it cannot be seen.

Word calculates how much text to allow on one screen based on a document’s margins and paragraph indent settings. By default, Word uses a US letter paper size (8.5 -by- 11 inches), with left and right margins set at 1.25 inches and left and right indents set at 0 (zero). This leaves 6 inches of printable area on screen.

To see the whole width the document text on your screen, change the settings of your document by following the appropriate procedure below.

Word versions 4.0 5.0 and 5.1

 * 1) From the Format menu choose Document.
 * 2) In the Left and Right margin boxes, type the desired left and right margin settings.
 * 3) From the Format menu, choose Paragraph and type the desired measurements in the Left, Right, and First Indent boxes.

Word versions 1.x and 3.x

 * 1) From the File menu, choose Page Setup.
 * 2) In the Left and Right margin boxes, enter the desired measurements for the left and right margins.

= MORE INFORMATION =

To make it easier to work with a particular document, you can use the appropriate procedure above before you enter text. When you complete the final draft of a document, you can decrease the margins to the desired measurements.

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