I am using word 2007 on an inspiron 6400 , inspiron 1501, inspiron 1300, latitude C610.

 

I have not experience your problem on any of these systems all xp, the 1501 and the 6400 have had vista on them but I have reformatted with xp since vista lacks performance.

 

I can suggest download and install service pack 1 for office 2007 and you already have service pack 1 for vista.

 

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=9EC51594-992C-4165-A997-25DA01F388F5&displaylang=en

 

 

Also if you are editting .doc file formats try converting them into a .docx file format things generally run smoother with a .docx format in office 2007.

This may or may not be of any use to you.

 

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4D951911-3E7E-4AE6-B059-A2E79ED87041&displaylang=en

 

This will allow you to save your word documents directly as a pdf however if your file is to be editted by other people on other computer it may not be the best, there is also a .docx .xls .pptx compatability pack for office 2000 and 2003 although it doesn't seem to be very good, it works but ruins your formating.

 

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466&DisplayLang=en

 

Sorry can't be much more help but when I am distributing files I usually distribute both a .docx and a .pdf and update the pdf when I update the word document in office 2007.

 

 

All the updates and SPs are installed.

 

I hate to switch to docx because nothing other than Office can read them. Maybe I'll just stick with OpenOffice Writer and use Word 2007 only when the OO option won't do what I need.

 

Thanks for the suggestions!

 

Using the information below as a guide look in the Page Layout command and see if breaks are selected. Also see if the information in removing a page break will assist in removing the page breaks. 

 

 

Adding a Section Break

1. Place your insertion point where you want the section break to appear

2. From the Page Layout command tab, in the Page Setup section, click BREAKS» select the desired section break
   The section break appears at the insertion point.

Removing a Section Break

Section breaks are easily removed. Formatting for pages reverts to the previous section/page formatting.

Removing a Section Break: Next, Even or Odd Page

1. On the Home tab, in the Paragraph section, click SHOW/HIDE ¶

2. Place your insertion point just before the section break
   

3. Press [Delete]