Unable to change margins in Pages 5.2

Hello - I am drafting a resume using one of the Pages templates. I would like to change the right margin so that there is more room for text (less white space on the right side), but am unable to do so. The ruler slide will move to make the margin WIDER, but not NARROWER, which is what I want. I have tried:
1. "unlocking" the document via the Arrange menu (not an option);
2. changing the document margins via the Inspector/Document menu - right margin is already set to zero, but the space on the actual document is a couple inches wide;
3. changing the column width via the Format/Layout menu - each time I try to do this, the width immediately reverts to what it was prior to my changing it.
This is maddening. As much as I love Mac, I feel Pages is not very user friendly, and that's coming from someone with and advanced education who is fairly computer literate. If possible, I would prefer not to have to make a whole new document. Help? Thanks.

PeterBreis0807- Sorry for the MUCH delayed reply. Family matters required me to relegate this to the back burner. I'm back in the resume game again and still have this issue. Below is the screen shot showing the wide right margin I'd like to change. Any thoughts? Thank you!

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