Page Layout, Landscape isn't really Landscape

Two page document, when opened it is obviously Landscape but the Orientation shows it is Portrait. When changed to Landscape it narrows about 30% and is even more narrow than it would be if it were Portrait. Two of us have looked at this document and cannot figure out 1) how this could have happened in the first place and 2) how to fix it. Worst case, first thing Monday morning I will recreate the document, it will not be difficult. Has anyone else ever seen this happen before? If yes, were you able to fix it and how? This is at work where we still have Office 2007. I've tried to recreate it at home with Office 2010 but am unable to.
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On the Paper tab of Page Setup, check the page dimensions; they are probably reversed (for example, for Letter paper they might be 11" wide and 8.5" high in Portrait, the reverse in Landscape).
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Move the cursor to the top of the page until it changes to two vertically opposed arrows and a tool-tip appears - "Double-click to show white space" and then do that.

Or, click on the Office button and then on Word Options and then on Display and check the box for "Show white space between pages in Print Layout view".

Hope this helps,
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