Instead of changing the margins, change the left and right indents for the
paragraphs in the footer. Set them to negative values if you want a smaller
margin in the footer.

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"dpdwa" wrote in message
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I am using Word 2003. The document is very simple: one page of text with a
footer. However, everytime I change the footer margins, the main text
margins are also changed. The process that I use to change the footer
margins is -- I go to :view/header and footer/ then use the page setup
option
in the Header and Footer toolbar that pops up to adjust the footer
margins.
Again, the problem that I encounter doing this is that the margins for the
main text are also changed.

Any suggestions?
Thanks,
David