Article ID: 172042
Article Last Modified on 1/20/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q172042
SYMPTOMS
If you place a text box at the top of a column of text in a document, the text at the bottom of the page will do one of the following:
- Fall outside the margin for the page and will appear to fall off the page
-or-
- Overlap
-or-
- Contain gaps between the words
CAUSE
This problem is caused when the following two conditions are met:
- The document alignment is set to Vertical Alignment as Justified.
-and-
- The text box wrapping style is set to something other than "None."
WORKAROUND
To correct this behavior, follow these steps to set the Vertical Alignment to either Top or Center:
- On the File menu, click Page Setup, and then select the Layout tab.
- Under Vertical Alignment, select either Top or Center.
- Click OK.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.
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