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Archive for the ‘Margins’ Category

What’s the Difference Between Gutter, Margin, and Indent in Word?

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

A gutter is used when you will have a bound edge on your printouts. If your printout will be bound in a 3-ring binder, you would have a gutter of one-half to three-quarter inch. The margins would be measured in from the gutter, so your printed page would continue to ...

Use the Alignment Tab to Simplify and Fix Headers and Footers in Word 2007

Monday, June 30th, 2008

An Alignment Tab is a way to fix the problem of a document’s margins changing, but the header and footer margins not changing. The Alignment Tab is found in the Header & Footer Tools, Design tab, Position group. To use it, move into a header or footer, click the Alignment Tab ...

How to Create a Word 2007 Template that has Different First Page Margins

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Paul asked: In Word 2007, is there a way to create a template that has a certain margin on the 1st page but then a different margin on all other pages? I need this to work so that when I finish typing on page 1 (even in mid-paragraph) the text ...

Word 2007: How to Change the Margins for One Page out of Many Pages

Friday, March 7th, 2008

In Word you can over-ride the set margins by using Section Breaks. Margins would be considered Page formatting - it affects the document on a "page" level, like the Orientations Portrait and Landscape, paper size, or headers and footers. These directions are to insert a Next Page type of section ...

Word 2007 Practice: Changing Margins

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

Margins are the space that surrounds a printout, between the text and graphics and the edge of the page. Basically, it creates a frame for the document. There is a Top, Bottom, Left and Right margin, and they can each be changed individually. A typical margin is one inch. Changing ...