WD2000: Err Msg: "Settings you chose for the left and right margins, column spacing, or paragraph indents are too large for the page width in some sections."

ID: Q224021

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

ERROR MESSAGE

When you change the page orientation from landscape to portrait

-or-
When you change the paper size of your document (for example, when you change the paper size from Letter 8 1/2 x 11.0 to Executive 7 1/4 x 10 1/2)

the following error message may appear:

Settings you chose for the left and right margins, column spacing, or paragraph indents are too large for the page width in some sections.

NOTE: Microsoft Office 2000 has built-in functionality that allows you to get more information about difficult-to-troubleshoot alerts or error messages. If you want to enable this functionality for this and other error messages in Microsoft Office 2000, please download the Microsoft Office 2000 Customizable Alerts file from the Microsoft Office Update Web site at the following address:

http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/2000/downloadDetails/alerts.htm

NOTE: If you reached this article by clicking the Web Info button in an error message, you already have Customizable Alerts enabled.

CAUSE

When you use the Columns button on the Standard toolbar, the Equal column width option is not set.

WHAT TO TRY

When you use the Columns button on the Standard toolbar, the Equal column width option is not set.

For information about how to work around this problem, please see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

Q220246 WD2000: Changing Page Orientation or Paper Size Causes Error

Additional query words: OFF2000


Keywords          : kbdta wd2000 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb