

If you are having trouble moving your text to the top of the page, check the “ Header from Top” and “Footer from Bottom” settings. To more easily identify spacing inconsistencies as you scan your document, enable the “Gridlines” view: All text must start on the first line at the very top of the page, just after the 1 inch margin line. Make sure there isn’t extra space between your text and the top of the page.If there are extra lines in the header, below the page number, delete them. Double-click on the header and hit the down arrow. Make sure you don’t have extra space in the header.Under the “Layout” tab of this pop-up menu, make sure “Vertical alignment” is set to “Top.” On the “Layout” tab, in the “Margins” menu (found on the far left of the navigation bar), click “Custom Margins.” A “Page Setup” menu will appear. Check the page margin layout settings.

Check that your top margin is set to 1 inch.The below instructions should help to specify the relevant settings in Microsoft Word and offer some helpful tips to maintaining consistency throughout your document. It is common for students to have trouble maintaining this consistency - often thanks to difficulty with Microsoft Word. Throughout your ETD, all text must start at the very top of the page. See the Tables and Figures page for more info. Tables or images may have to be re-sized to fit within the margin. All body text, tables, figures, appendices content, and any copies of published chapters must fit within the required 1-inch margins on all sides.The top, bottom, and right margins are required to be 1 inch, but the left margin can either be 1 inch or 1.25 inches.

Page margins should be consistent throughout the text.
