How to Remove Top Margin in Google Docs

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How to remove indents from the top and bottom in the document?

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I want to place the table on the one page with the maximum font as I can. I saw unused space above and below, how can I remove it?

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Hi, Anton,

What you're referring to is the header and footer area in the document. At this time, Docs tables require a blank line space above and below tables in order for the tables to work properly. So it's not possible to have a table start/end at the very top/bottom edges of the page.

To "remove" the header area, click in the header and select "Options." Change the header margin to 0 (zero) inches from the top.

Next, change the top margin of your document to zero as well via File > Page setup > Margins.

There will be a slight space still left at the very top of the document. To minimize that further, put your cursor in that space, press Ctrl + A, and change the line spacing to single (with no space before/after paragraphs) and the point size to 1 (you will need to enter the 1 manually). Also make sure the line spacing is single-spaced with no space before or after paragraphs.

To minimize the footer, follow these same steps in the footer area of your documet.

It's not possible at this time to totally remove the header, as otherwise there would be nowhere for page numbers to go.

To help influence future feature changes or additions in Docs, I encourage you to provide feedback about this directly to the Docs team by following these steps:

1. Open a document.
2. Click Help > Report a problem.
3. Enter your feedback.

Although the product team is unable to respond to individual users directly, they review this feedback regularly and use it to help improve the product over time.

~Jo

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How to Remove Top Margin in Google Docs

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