# msWord Question
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msword-question/816890
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [June 28, 2018, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msword-question/816890 "2018-06-28T03:08:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Steven\_Estes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_Estes)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2018, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msword-question/816890/1 "2018-06-28T03:08:44Z")
I have a document that is over a hundred pages long.
However, unlike every other document, Review-Word Count , while giving the correct word count, says the document is one page.
When I press CTRL-ENTER ln the document, I don’t get a new page, but only a new line.
Any idea what I am doing wrong?
Many thanks.
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### Author:  [@Stinky\_Pete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stinky_Pete)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2018, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msword-question/816890/2 "2018-06-28T03:28:38Z")
Wow! That’s a good one.
I don’t recognize this problem but try this for a quick shot at it.
File
Page Setup
Set everything under all tabs as default and then you’ll have a more normal document, I hope.
Or
Are you some how setup to be creating a web page instead of a normal document…
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### Author:  [@Stinky\_Pete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stinky_Pete)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2018, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msword-question/816890/3 "2018-06-28T03:34:05Z")
Another cheap fast way that might solve your problem is Copy text of your document and Paste it onto a blank document. Quick and easy so if fails who cares.
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### Author:  [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2018, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msword-question/816890/4 "2018-06-28T05:26:50Z")
Are you set up with the hidden marks showing (paragraph marks, tabs, line breaks, etc)? If you turn them on, it might show you some other funny coding that happened.
Check Page Setup and look at the paper sizes. I have no idea why it would have selected a different size, but check that some random size hasn’t been selected that changes the print options.
What happens when you “Print”? You don’t need to send it to the printer, but does it show the correct number of pages there? Do the pages look correctly formatted in Print Preview? Checking here might give you some clues as to what went wrong.
If you do try the Copy/Paste method, try a full paste first with all the formatting. If you have the same issue, you can try the same thing again, but just paste text only. You’ll have to do re-formatting, but it should fix your problem.
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### Author:  [@Steven\_Estes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_Estes)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2018, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msword-question/816890/5 "2018-06-28T09:21:58Z")
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Old Yesterday, 09:34 PM
Stinky Pete wrote:
“Another cheap fast way that might solve your problem is Copy text of your document and Paste it onto a blank document. Quick and easy so if fails who cares”
Worked like a dream.
Many thanks,
Steven Estes
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### Author:  [@Goodnight-Loving](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Goodnight-Loving)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msword-question/816890/6 "2018-06-28T15:18:37Z")
FWIW – Web View does indeed “convert” a 16-page document into a 1-page document in Word Count.