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How do I change DEFAULT margins for 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 paper?
I only use 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 paper for brief thank you notes on preprinted card
stock. Currently - I open up a new document and using "page set-up" select 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 paper (easy to do) Then I have to change the default margins that come up and select the right paper tray. This is a real pain and I have to keep looking for the piece of paper that I jotted down the margins on or try to remember where in Notes in put same information. Mostly I just play around with the margins for the 100th time and wing it! Aaaaaargh! How can I change the DEFAULT margins related to the 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 paper size ? Then they would come up the same everytime I wanted to send a thank you note. |
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How do I change DEFAULT margins for 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 paper?
I would not change the default because doing so could have unintended
consequences, unless you also type labels and envelopes and contracts on 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 paper. Save your thank you note as a custom document template. Then use File New to create new documents based on it. You could also put a shortcut to that template on your desktop or in your Start menu. For more on the different kinds of templates, tabs on the file new dialog, and locations of templates folders see http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm. -- 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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ 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. "Russ M." Russ wrote in message ... I only use 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 paper for brief thank you notes on preprinted card stock. Currently - I open up a new document and using "page set-up" select 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 paper (easy to do) Then I have to change the default margins that come up and select the right paper tray. This is a real pain and I have to keep looking for the piece of paper that I jotted down the margins on or try to remember where in Notes in put same information. Mostly I just play around with the margins for the 100th time and wing it! Aaaaaargh! How can I change the DEFAULT margins related to the 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 paper size ? Then they would come up the same everytime I wanted to send a thank you note. |
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How do I change DEFAULT margins for 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 paper?
Thanks
Got a template set-up and put a shortcut to the template on the start menu. Russ "Charles Kenyon" wrote: I would not change the default because doing so could have unintended consequences, unless you also type labels and envelopes and contracts on 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 paper. Save your thank you note as a custom document template. Then use File New to create new documents based on it. You could also put a shortcut to that template on your desktop or in your Start menu. For more on the different kinds of templates, tabs on the file new dialog, and locations of templates folders see http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm. -- 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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ 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. "Russ M." Russ wrote in message ... I only use 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 paper for brief thank you notes on preprinted card stock. Currently - I open up a new document and using "page set-up" select 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 paper (easy to do) Then I have to change the default margins that come up and select the right paper tray. This is a real pain and I have to keep looking for the piece of paper that I jotted down the margins on or try to remember where in Notes in put same information. Mostly I just play around with the margins for the 100th time and wing it! Aaaaaargh! How can I change the DEFAULT margins related to the 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 paper size ? Then they would come up the same everytime I wanted to send a thank you note. |
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