Alasdair
I think that you are slightly misunderstanding the tab types. In the Header
and Footer, by default there are two tabs, a Centre aligned tab (in the
centre) and a right-aligned tab at the right margin.
To use them correctly, you need to type:
TAB Alasdair Crockett, 26947. Climate. TAB My name and Candidate #
The first TAB you enter will move the insertion point to the centre aligned
position of the HorF: the second TAB entered will move the cursor to the
right margin of the HorF for entering the right-aligned text. There is no
need to use any of the alignment buttons because the TABs are already
'aligned' to Centre and Right margin.
If you look at the left hand end of the Ruler, you will see a box with a
letter 'L'. The 'L' represents a left aligned (normal) TAB. If you click on
the box, the tabs will change showing the various types of tabs available -
Left, Centre, Right, Decimal, Bar, First Line Indent and Hanging Indent
(assuming that you have Word 2003).
The reason you may need to edit the Header and Footer Styles is because if
you change the default Page Margins, the Centre and Right alignment
positions change: so you need to match the difference in the Style setting.
Check out Word's Help from more information on Tabs.
Terry
"Alasdair Crockett" wrote in
message ...
: Thanks Suzanne,
: I always use the Pilcrow to display non printing characters so I can see
: where my tab characters are and to check the rest of my document but I
still
: remain in the dark as to why when the tabs are set correctly my centre
: insertion always moves to the right when I insert the "document name"to
the
: right, so it looks like,
: "Alasdair Crockett,26947.Climate." My name & candidate #" should be Centre
: aligned and the document name "climate" should be right aligned but when
I
: enter right align the whole lot moves right! As a point of intrest even my
: tutor who is himself studying for his first teaching certificate cant
resolve
: this issue for me either!
: I think I will just have to try the "Columns Idea" or just muddle through
: with a mixture of tabbing, spacebar & deleting space bar dots etc till I
get
: required Information in the right places!
: Thanks again for your valuable help,
: Regards,
: Alasdair.
: "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
:
: It will probably help if you display nonprinting characters so you can
see
: where your tab characters are. I suspect that either (a) your text
overran
: one of the tab stops so that you ended up with too many tab characters
or
: (b) you inserted the tab characters in the wrong place. Also, keep in
mind
: that you are not changing the alignment of the paragraph; it remains
: left-aligned, but you are inserting tab characters (by pressing Tab) to
: align your text at the preset tab stops.
:
: --
: Suzanne S. Barnhill
: Microsoft MVP (Word)
: Words into Type
: Fairhope, Alabama USA
: Word MVP FAQ site:
http://word.mvps.org
: Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
: all may benefit.
:
: "Alasdair Crockett" wrote in
: message ...
: Dear Stefan, TF, Charles & Suzanne,
: My heartfelt thanks to you all for your advice, Comments, &
observations
: they are all of intrest for many reasons ( Information, observation,
fun &
: home truths!)
: :-) I thank you one and all. But As I said in an earlier post after
: following all the rules and tutorials on header & footers and setting
tabs
: I
: still found myself with the problem of the mysterious moving of my
text
: within the header/footer. After inserting my name and candidate #
(Centre
: Aligned) I had to insert the file name (right aligned) and low and
behold
: the
: centre insertion moved right as well! I followed all the rules in the
: header/footer tutorial and the rules on setting Tabs but it made no
: difference!! I think I will try the Table insertion Idea and see how
that
: works, The other disadvantage I was at was that I was using an
obsolete
: (well
: to me anyway) operating system which I had never used before and that
was
: Windows 95!( I had to resit part 1 of my exam at a different centre) I
am
: more than sure I will be back asking you more questions on this
subject or
: letting you all know if I've managed to solve my mysterious little
: problem,
: I sit part 2 of my Clait Plus exam on Tue 8th of Feb and will let you
all
: know how it went .
: Thanks once again for all your patience, advice & observations they
are
: all
: very much appreciated,
: Kindest Regards to you all,
: Alasdair.
: "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
:
: It's amazing how seldom users seem to get into trouble. I attribute
this
: to:
:
: 1. Creating relatively brief documents (letters, short papers).
:
: 2. Saving infrequently (often not at all until the document is
: complete).
:
: --
: Suzanne S. Barnhill
: Microsoft MVP (Word)
: Words into Type
: Fairhope, Alabama USA
: Word MVP FAQ site:
http://word.mvps.org
: Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
: newsgroup so
: all may benefit.
:
: "TF" terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom wrote in message
: ...
: Cut off ones nose to spite ones face springs to mind!
:
: Terry
:
: "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
: ...
: : On many school and library computers, however, saving to the HD
is
: not
: : permitted.
: :
: : --
: : Suzanne S. Barnhill
: : Microsoft MVP (Word)
: : Words into Type
: : Fairhope, Alabama USA
: : Word MVP FAQ site:
http://word.mvps.org
: : Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
: newsgroup
: so
: : all may benefit.
: :
: : "TF" terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom wrote in message
: : ...
: : Alasdair
: :
: : The correct procedure should be to always save to the local
hard
: drive.
: : When
: : you have finished for the lesson, copy you work to a floppy
using
: Windows
: : Explorer. Vice versa when you have your next lesson, copy your
: work
: from
: : the
: : floppy to the local hard disk first. I'm sure that your tutor
will
: : understand why. Your experience was a pretty good example of
why
: not!
: :
: : --
: : Terry Farrell - Word MVP
: :
http://word.mvps.org/
: :
: : "Alasdair Crockett"
: wrote
: in
: : message
...
: : : Thanks Charles,
: : : I will have to give this one to my tutor:-) as we are told
to
: save
: : : everything to floppy as they are school computers that we
use
: for
: night
: : : class,and the kids are always trashing them in some way or
: another!
: : : Regards,
: : : Alasdair.
: : :
: : : "Charles Kenyon" wrote:
: : :
: : : Note, you should _not_ be dealing with files on a floppy
from
: within
: : Word.
: : :
: : : If you want to be able to use your documents, when working
: with in
: : Word,
: : act
: : : as if your floppy drive does not exist. (This applies to
: CDRW/CDR
: : drives
: : as
: : : well.)
: : : Don't use Word to:
: : : Open a document on a floppy
: : : Print a document on a floppy
: : : Edit a document on a floppy
: : : Save a document to a floppy (not even a copy)
: : :
: : : Word regularly trashes documents on floppy drives!
: : :
: : : Instead, work on the document using your hard drive. Copy
it
: back
: and
: : forth
: : : using Windows.
: : :
: : : I know that for some with shared computers (libraries)
this is
: a
: tough
: : : prescription. All I can recommend for that is to use a
brand
: new
: : formatted
: : : disk each time you save and don't do any editing.
: : :
: : :
: : : --
: : :
: : : Charles Kenyon
: : :
: : : Word New User FAQ & Web Directory:
http://addbalance.com/word
: : :
: : : Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented
: version
: of
: : : Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)
:
http://addbalance.com/usersguide
: : :
: : : See also the MVP FAQ:
http://www.mvps.org/word which is
: awesome!
: : :
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: : : This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
: : : and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
: : : from my ignorance and your wisdom.
: : :
: : : "Alasdair Crockett"
: wrote
: : in
: : : message
: ...
: : : Thank you both,
: : : (Charles & Terry) I found both your answers of use.
: : : As A little footnote to this : I sat the first part of
my
: Clait
: : Plus
: : exam
: : : last night and got everything just right in the time
: allowed(thank
: : you
: : : guys)
: : : then with 5 minutes to go my night class pc locked up
and
: would
: not
: : let me
: : : save my work or print it !(I had been making saves all
: through
: the
: 2
: : hour
: : : period) The tutor could not even fix the problem and in
the
: end
: he
: : had
: : to
: : : switch off the pc (Alasdair crys here ;-( ) I lost all
my
: work
: (as
: : would
: : : be
: : : Expected on win 98) and even my floppy was scrambled
except
: for
: : original
: : : files but not the new test document! As a cosolation
prize I
: will
: be
: : : allowed
: : : to resit part 1 on Thursday at a different night
: : : school. I just hope the pc's there are better than the
one i
: worked
: : on
: : : last
: : : night.
: : : So Thanks again to you all,
: : : Kindest Regards,
: : : Alasdair.
: : : "TF" wrote:
: : :
: : : That's quite correct but if you have changed the page
: margins
: from
: : : Microsoft's defaults, you will need to go into the
Headers
: and
: : Footers
: : : STYLES and change the tab stops for Centre and Right to
fit
: the
: new
: : page
: : : width.
: : :
: : : --
: : : Terry Farrell - Word MVP
: : :
http://word.mvps.org/
: : :
: : :
: : : "Charles Kenyon"
:
: wrote
: : in
: : : message ...
: : : : Look at the formatting of the header and footer
styles.
: They
: have
: : : center
: : : : tabs and right tabs set in them by default. This does
not
: involve
: : : alignment!
: : : : --
: : : :
: : : : Charles Kenyon
: : : :
: : : : Word New User FAQ & Web Directory:
:
http://addbalance.com/word
: : : :
: : : : Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word
(supplemented
: version
: : of
: : : : Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)
:
http://addbalance.com/usersguide
: : : :
: : : : See also the MVP FAQ:
http://www.mvps.org/word which
is
: awesome!
: : :
: : --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
: : : : This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post
: replies
: : : : and questions to the newsgroup so that others can
learn
: : : : from my ignorance and your wisdom.
: : : :
: : : : "Alasdair Crockett"
:
: : wrote in
: : : : message
: : ...
: : : : Hi Folks, yet another small problem I am
encountering
: with
: : headers &
: : : : footers.
: : : : (My op system is windows XP pro & WORD 2000, my
night
: class
: is
: : using
: : : : windows
: : : : 98)
: : : : When I get the" House Style Sheet" for various test
: papers
: the
: : header
: : : &
: : : : footer information is always different,
ie:sometimes
: the
: header
: : needs
: : : to
: : : : contain canditate name and centre number(alignment
: centre)
: : automatic
: : : file
: : : : name (aligned right) Footer may be automatic field
: date,
: : English
: : : format
: : : : (alignment left) automatic page number(aligned
: right)etc.(this
: : always
: : : : varies
: : : : with each test paper)my problem is that I cannot
insert
: most
: of
: : these
: : : : items
: : : : without the whole thing moving with the insertion
of
: the
: second
: : : requested
: : : : alignment.I can acheive the above by a mixture of
: tabbing
: and
: : using
: : : the
: : : : space
: : : : bar but I dont think the Examiners when my final
test
: comes
: and
: : they
: : : : toggle
: : : : on the pilcrow to see my formatting will appreciate
my
: method
: : for
: : : : inserting
: : : : required alignments! Can anyone
: : : : tell me what I am doing wrong ? I have read the
article
: on
: : using
: : : headers
: : : &
: : : : footers at earthlink.net but it does not seem to
: address my
: : problem,
: : : or
: : : : maybe
: : : : the way I am doing the insertions is ok. Would
someone
: please
: : be
: : kind
: : : : enough
: : : : to put me straight please.
: : : : Regards,
: : : : .
: : : : --
: : : : Alasdair
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