Of course, by default Word 2007 will warn about loss of formatting when
saving in an older file format.
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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
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I'm sure you are right (I haven't tested it either). But knowing that the
tab stops won't automatically adjust if the margins are changed again may
still be helpful to the OP.
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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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I started to point that out but then figured that at least the tab
positions would be converted to a hard tab stop--wouldn't adjust if the
margins changed but should at least be correct for the present margins?
But I haven't tested this.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
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But note that alignment tabs are not supported in earlier versions than
Word 2007, which means that backwards compatibility (if that is
required) is not guaranteed.
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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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As you've noticed, the "center" position of the center-aligned tab stop
and the "right' position of the right-aligned tab stop are set for the
default 1" margins. There are two ways you can correct this.
1. Move the tab stops to the correct position. You can do this either
through the Tabs dialog or using the ruler. It appears that you don't
have your ruler displayed, so select the View tab and check the box for
Ruler in the Show/Hide group.
2. Use alignment tabs. These will ensure that your tabs maintain their
relative position even if the margins are changed. When you are in the
footer and the Header & Footer Tools | Design tab is displayed, look at
the Position group of the tab. The bottom button is Insert Alignment
Tab. This button doesn't actually insert a tab stop but instead
positions the cursor at the center or right of the margin width,
irrespective of existing tab stops (which you can leave, move, or
remove). You can actually use these anywhere, not just in the header
and footer, but to do so you would have to add a button to the QAT to
access the dialog.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
"rockhammer" wrote in message
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I've defined the page margins to 0.5" for top, bottom, left & right.
I'm trying to set up my footer to align to that but can't. In my
footer I
want filename aligned to the left margin, page x of y in the middle
(centred)
and date & time aligned to the right margin. But the positioning of
the
latter two are off. The centre one is off centre and the end of the
date &
time is easily 1" from the right edge of the page. In 2007 there is
no
longer the tab alignment thing up top.
Your help much appreciated.