Cursor is at the top of the page in MS Word 2003
Most people check their page setup but find that everything is set right. What may have happened is that the View settings for the Print Layout somehow got changed to hide any white space between pages. To correct this, go to:
PROBLEM
Following some recent upgrades to my distro the Konsole window cursor was always ahead of the text that was typed. The problem was compounded when lines of text were longer though this problem wasn't present in other terminal applications. This really looked horrible using vim, as you can probably imagine. As you can see in the image below there was consistently space between end of typed text the cursor: 
This appears to have occurred after removing the obsolete font package after the Fedora 8 to Fedora 9 upgrade, as the font worked before but not after the upgrade and removal of the font package.
SOLUTION
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PROBLEM
The task bar panel is gone, disappeared or has been removed/unconfigured part of some configuration change as a result of an upgrade or update. This is one issue I had when upgrading from Fedora 8 to Fedora 9 and was mostly due to extensive overhaul of the KDE 4.1/4.0 over it’s predecessor KDE 3.5. The taskbar panel was missing and the UI software provided with KDE 4.0 did not appear to have any graphical option for reenabling it. Unfortunately there appear to have been many KDE 3.5 features that appear disabled / removed alot of people enjoyed, this being one of them. Here is how to enable it:
PROBLEM
How do I change my screen resolution? Changes made in the GUI control panel option in KDE 4.0 are just not sticking or are not becoming permanent / saved.
SOLUTION
PROBLEM
With the latest rollout of adobe / pdf software to the latest linux distributions, there was a rather basic bug introduced causing an infinite number of ‘expr: syntax error” messages being displayed. Fortunately this was a simple script bug frmo the provider that thankfully can be fixed by anyone. The error pops up on many applications using ‘acroread’ binary and spews out a seamingly never ending list of or non stop continous expr: syntax error.
SOLUTION
What to do with scriptlet failed, exit status 1 that can pop up uninstalling some RPM's.
PROBLEM
$ rpm -e avahi-0.6.17-1.fc7.i386
error: %postun(avahi-0.6.17-1.fc7.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 1
$ rpm -e openmpi-libs-1.1-8.fc7.i386
error: %preun(openmpi-libs-1.1-8.fc7.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 2
SOLUTION
Because Fedora 9, like any new software, had a number of issues, logging into it and using it didn’t prove usefull at all having been used to my own configuration in KDE 3.X. So much so I initially wasn’t too happy upgrading from Fedora 8 to Fedora 9 entirely. That is until I started to use and get used to some of it’s new features, which, to an extend made up for problems in KDE 4.X. There is a huge number of changes in KDE 4.X that one needs to contend with and resolve. One of the issues you may see when using KDE 4.X is that your applications no longer start. Some other issues you may see with Fedora 9 and KDE 4.X is that all your settings have gone that you had in KDE 3.X. First however, we will resolve the applications not starting problem: Read the rest of this entry »
Problems with Fedora 9 and above and KDE.
PROBLEM
When initially logging in to the new Fedora 9 following the upgrade, KDE 4.0 GUI started but all my settings were gone. Except for my documents that I had in various places, the settings and configuration like KDE themes I had installed earlier, were now gone. After about two reboots where after I played with KDE settings for display resolution, KDE refused to start and I had to press:
SOLUTION
The Fedora 8 to Fedora 9 upgrade follows the general procedure outlined on the very first Fedora Core upgrade page:
RedHat Fedora: Fedora Core 1 to Fedora Core 2 Upgrade . If you have not already upgraded to F8 please visit RedHat Fedora: Fedora 7 to Fedora 8 upgrade. page first before going up to FC9.
You will only need to replace step 8 ) with the below step:
8 ) Install fedora-relese either using the RPM’s in step 2) below or use another mirror from the fedora.redhat.com site. You can also use the mirrors from fedoralegacy.org if your distribution is too old.
Upgrading to Fedora 9 is straightforward, in theory, and follows only a few basic steps below however there are some considerations which you may wish to review. If you're feeling lucky, you can just skip to THE BASIC STEPS further down.
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