### 6.5.2 Eliminating large top or bottom margins

An unusually tall top or bottom margin in Word is almost always caused by a master-page element in your FrameMaker document; see §6.1.1 Understanding differences in implementation. In Word, the body area must be entirely below the header and above the footer; this means that some FrameMaker layouts cannot be reproduced in Word.

The remedy is to use a FrameMaker conversion template; see §2.4 Importing formats from a conversion template. The template must include replacement master pages that do not have whatever element is causing the large top or bottom margin. Make sure master pages are imported from the template, with a configuration setting; see §30.7.1 Specifying conversion-template settings.

Note: A Word template will not help with this problem.

| 6.5.1 Understanding page layout restrictions |  | 6.5.3 Using text frames to solve spacing problems |