Word Suddenly Changed Its Format, How To Fix

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<blockquote><div class=”vibrantContent”><table width=”100%”><tbody><tr><td>Hi – hopefully is probably something simple to fix, but I’m at a loss.<p>I use word for everything, so it’s really irritating. </p><p>Earlier today, I opened a word file where the gray areas on each side of the white ‘page’ were missing. Now, each time I try to open a new word document, they are all like that. The old ones still look the same, but I can’t figure out how to make it go back to the way it was.</p><p>Screencaps in case I’m not being clear: </p><p>The way word should look: <a href=”http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t135/ladyphenyx/properword.jpg” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”>http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/…</a></p><p>The way word looks: <a href=”http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t135/ladyphenyx/wrongword.jpg” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”>http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/…</a></p><p>I have both in the ‘print’ view, which is my preferred layout.</p><p>Also, in the new layout, I have to scroll side-to-side to see the whole page.</p><p>I took another look, and the rulers at the top of the page are different (http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t135/ladyphenyx/rulercompare.jpg) but I can’t get the incorrect one (on the left) to go back to as it was (the one on the right).<br>How do I make it go back to looking like the first screencap? (And please, no answers like “Use Open Office!” I have it, I just prefer word.)</p><p><br>EDIT: Well, I feel silly – but I think I fixed it. It looks like ‘zoom’ got messed with somehow – don’t ask me how, because I honestly don’t know – but I played with it and things are back to normal. That was a frustrating couple of hours. </p><p>Thanks to anyone who read this, and go ahead, have a chuckle at my expense – I probably deserve it.<br></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></blockquote><br><img class=”in_sprites more” src=”/web/20201022040048im_/https://www.computing.net/img/space.gif” style=”float: left; padding-right: 3px;” border=”0″ alt=””><div style=”float: left; width: 90%;”><b>See More: <a style=”color: #004488″ href=”/web/20201022040048/https://www.computing.net/cgi-bin/AT-search.cgi?mode=concept&amp;sp=sp&amp;search=Word%20suddenly%20changed%20its%20format%2C%20how%20to%20fix&amp;forum=ALL&amp;filter_post=3651565″ onclick=”return xt_click(this,’C’,’2′,’Office::See_Similar_ns’,’N’);” rel=”nofollow”>Word suddenly changed its format, how to fix</a></b></div><div style=”clear: both;”></div>
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