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Printed Margins don't match settings ??
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I have the header and footer set at .35 I have the top and bottom bottom margins set at .75 Question... 1 - For the footer... does .35 mean from the bottom edge of the paper to the bottom of the footer? 2 - For the bottom margin... does .75 mean from the bottom edge of the paper to the bottom of the nornal text on the page? Or does .75 mean the bottom of the normal text is .75 inches above the top of the footer? Finally... Is there any way to drag rulers onto the Word screen? I'm trying to hold a straight edge up to the screen to try and see where text falls relative to the ruler along the side. thanks for any help. |
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Printed Margins don't match settings ??
In reply to (1), yes. In reply to (2), yes to your first answer. But the
bottom margin is rarely consistent; see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BottomLine.htm There is no way to drag the ruler per se, but you can get an indication of where text falls on the horizontal ruler by setting a tab and dragging it back and forth along the ruler. Drag it off the ruler when you have established what you want to know. There is no equivalent for the vertical ruler, but the status bar tells you the vertical position of the insertion point. -- 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. "Will" wrote in message om... On page setup I have the header and footer set at .35 I have the top and bottom bottom margins set at .75 Question... 1 - For the footer... does .35 mean from the bottom edge of the paper to the bottom of the footer? 2 - For the bottom margin... does .75 mean from the bottom edge of the paper to the bottom of the nornal text on the page? Or does .75 mean the bottom of the normal text is .75 inches above the top of the footer? Finally... Is there any way to drag rulers onto the Word screen? I'm trying to hold a straight edge up to the screen to try and see where text falls relative to the ruler along the side. thanks for any help. |
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Printed Margins don't match settings ??
Hi Will-
Word's (bottom) text margin settings are measured from the bottom edge of the page to the lowest allowable text line based on font size & line spacing. IOW, baseline of the last line of text will not necessarily be _at_ the bottom margin, but will never be below it. Footer margin is measured from botom edge, also, but to topmost point where footer text can appear. You can't put any ruler guides on the page, but you can go to ToolsOptions-View, check the box for 'Text Boundaries', which will mark the page at the points where your text margins are set. HTH |:) "Will" wrote: On page setup I have the header and footer set at .35 I have the top and bottom bottom margins set at .75 Question... 1 - For the footer... does .35 mean from the bottom edge of the paper to the bottom of the footer? 2 - For the bottom margin... does .75 mean from the bottom edge of the paper to the bottom of the nornal text on the page? Or does .75 mean the bottom of the normal text is .75 inches above the top of the footer? Finally... Is there any way to drag rulers onto the Word screen? I'm trying to hold a straight edge up to the screen to try and see where text falls relative to the ruler along the side. thanks for any help. |
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Printed Margins don't match settings ??
Footer margin is measured from botom edge, also, but to topmost point
where footer text can appear. This is not true, though I'll admit that it appears that way because of the way the footer pane is displayed on the screen. But in fact the footer margin is the space from the bottom of the page to the baseline of the lowest line of text. Additional lines of text are added upward and push into the document body as required. -- 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. "CyberTaz" wrote in message ... Hi Will- Word's (bottom) text margin settings are measured from the bottom edge of the page to the lowest allowable text line based on font size & line spacing. IOW, baseline of the last line of text will not necessarily be _at_ the bottom margin, but will never be below it. Footer margin is measured from botom edge, also, but to topmost point where footer text can appear. You can't put any ruler guides on the page, but you can go to ToolsOptions-View, check the box for 'Text Boundaries', which will mark the page at the points where your text margins are set. HTH |:) "Will" wrote: On page setup I have the header and footer set at .35 I have the top and bottom bottom margins set at .75 Question... 1 - For the footer... does .35 mean from the bottom edge of the paper to the bottom of the footer? 2 - For the bottom margin... does .75 mean from the bottom edge of the paper to the bottom of the nornal text on the page? Or does .75 mean the bottom of the normal text is .75 inches above the top of the footer? Finally... Is there any way to drag rulers onto the Word screen? I'm trying to hold a straight edge up to the screen to try and see where text falls relative to the ruler along the side. thanks for any help. |
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Printed Margins don't match settings ??
You may have some trouble with the 0.35 footer because most printers claim
0.5 for the bottom margin. If you want to see how much space you have to work with you can do this: Go to Tools Options View Turn on Text boundaries. Text boundaries will show you where the margins are. File Page setup Margins: 0 0 0 0 OK You will get a warning that you have one or more margins set outside the pritable area of the page. Click on FIX button, and you will see the minimum settings allowed according to your printer requirements. When you are doing page setup, all the measurements are from the edges of the page. ............................................ "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Footer margin is measured from botom edge, also, but to topmost point where footer text can appear. This is not true, though I'll admit that it appears that way because of the way the footer pane is displayed on the screen. But in fact the footer margin is the space from the bottom of the page to the baseline of the lowest line of text. Additional lines of text are added upward and push into the document body as required. -- 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. "CyberTaz" wrote in message ... Hi Will- Word's (bottom) text margin settings are measured from the bottom edge of the page to the lowest allowable text line based on font size & line spacing. IOW, baseline of the last line of text will not necessarily be _at_ the bottom margin, but will never be below it. Footer margin is measured from botom edge, also, but to topmost point where footer text can appear. You can't put any ruler guides on the page, but you can go to ToolsOptions-View, check the box for 'Text Boundaries', which will mark the page at the points where your text margins are set. HTH |:) "Will" wrote: On page setup I have the header and footer set at .35 I have the top and bottom bottom margins set at .75 Question... 1 - For the footer... does .35 mean from the bottom edge of the paper to the bottom of the footer? 2 - For the bottom margin... does .75 mean from the bottom edge of the paper to the bottom of the nornal text on the page? Or does .75 mean the bottom of the normal text is .75 inches above the top of the footer? Finally... Is there any way to drag rulers onto the Word screen? I'm trying to hold a straight edge up to the screen to try and see where text falls relative to the ruler along the side. thanks for any help. |
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