The ruler on the left side of the screen no longer shows an un-hi-lited area 
to indicate the header area. When I type, the characters start in the very 
first line of the page, although when I look at the print preview my document 
appears normally with the print starting where the top margin should be. What 
did I do? I can't change the ruler back.

See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/WhiteSpace.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"jenedetti" <jenedetti@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
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> The ruler on the left side of the screen no longer shows an un-hi-lited 
> area
> to indicate the header area. When I type, the characters start in the very
> first line of the page, although when I look at the print preview my 
> document
> appears normally with the print starting where the top margin should be. 
> What
> did I do? I can't change the ruler back.
>