Archive for the ‘Page Formatting’ Category
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
A good question came through the comments. Beth G. asked:
Does anyone know if it is possible to create a larger document in Word than the standard 8.5 X 11? I would like to create a document that is 11 X 17.
You can change the paper size of your document ...
Posted in Page Formatting | 1 Comment »
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 ...
Posted in Margins, Page Formatting, Paragraph Formatting, Printing, Tabs & Indents, Word 2007 | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
You could columns them in a traditional news-type way, or use them to let you divide a page into parts. The thing that's a little odd about columns is that most users don't realize that every Word document is made up of one column, and that you have a choice ...
Posted in Page Formatting, Sections, Word 2007 | 2 Comments »
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Here’s how to have text (could be a header or footer, heading, or title) run along the left or right side of a page, while the page text runs horizontally.
Start with either a blank Word document or the document you want to work on open.
The vertical text will be made ...
Posted in Fields & Quick Parts, Headers & Footers, Page Formatting, Text Formatting, Text boxes, Word 2007 | 7 Comments »
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Margins provide a frame for your document; Page Borders can enhance that frame. Here's how to use them.
Applying a Page Border
Click the Page Layout tab, in the Page Background group click Page Borders to open the Borders and Shading box. Make sure you are on the Page Border tab, not ...
Posted in Borders & Shading, Page Formatting, Word 2007 | 2 Comments »
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 ...
Posted in Margins, Page Formatting, Templates, Word 2007 | 12 Comments »
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Here are a few tips for working with long tables.
Repeat Heading Rows
Word 2007 gives you the option of automatically repeating your heading rows on multiple-page tables.
Select the heading row to repeat.
In Table Tools, Layout tab, Data tab, click Repeat Header Rows.
If you make any formatting or text changes to ...
Posted in Page Formatting, Paragraph Formatting, Tables, Word 2007 | 1 Comment »
Monday, April 21st, 2008
This exercise will let you practice some table techniques; resizing a table, merging cells, rotating text, applying a table format, turning on text wrapping for a table, and centering the table on a page.
The premise of the example is an organization that has a one-page promotional handout that includes ...
Posted in Page Formatting, Practice, Projects & Practice, Tables, Word 2007 | 1 Comment »
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
If you’ve inserted a header or footer into a Word document, then made some of the pages in the document landscape, you might find that the header/footer retains it’s layout from the portrait pages, that what should be on the right side isn't and what should be in the center, ...
Posted in Headers & Footers, Page Formatting, Tabs & Indents, Word 2007 | 3 Comments »
