Microsoft Office 2003 HELP!!!

I really need some help....I am a college student trying to type papers and
notes so that I can study for test. However, I can't type a word document
without experiencing this problem....

I open up microsoft word 2003 and before i had this problem my flashing
cursor would start at the very top of the page. I don't know what I did to
correct that problem but now word has started to enter extra spaces when I
hit the "enter" key. I will type a sentence and when I hit enter for a brief
second the cursor will drop down under the previous line. Then the cursor
drops down to the bottom of the page. I like to think that I am very
computer savvy but I cannot figure out what is wrong. I am close to just
uninstalling office and going out to buy 2007. I need this word back to ship
shape ASAP! If you can help me it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

In Word 2003 or earlier, click on File | Page Setup | Layout tab |
Vertical alignment: Top | Apply to: Whole document | Default | OK. If
you are prompted to save changes to your global template, say yes.

BamaATS wrote:

> I really need some help....I am a college student trying to type papers and
> notes so that I can study for test. However, I can't type a word document
> without experiencing this problem....
>
> I open up microsoft word 2003 and before i had this problem my flashing
> cursor would start at the very top of the page. I don't know what I did to
> correct that problem but now word has started to enter extra spaces when I
> hit the "enter" key. I will type a sentence and when I hit enter for a brief
> second the cursor will drop down under the previous line. Then the cursor
> drops down to the bottom of the page. I like to think that I am very
> computer savvy but I cannot figure out what is wrong. I am close to just
> uninstalling office and going out to buy 2007. I need this word back to ship
> shape ASAP! If you can help me it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
>