Whether to improve your document's aesthetic appeal, allow more space for handwritten annotations, or squeeze all your text onto one page, there are many reasons to adjust a Word document's margins.

Andrew O'Dell reports that his HP DeskJet 6127 which comes with the 2.1.x driver cuts off half an inch from the top of every page (in other words, if you request a 1 inch margin and you get about a .5 ...