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Margin Release
I would like to type information to the left of the margin in Word documents
without having to change the margins or indents (i.e. with my mouse). Does anyone know how to do this with a keyboard shortcut in WORD? I use Word 2002. I used to be able to do this easily on typewriters. It could also easily be done in WordPerfect by pressing Shift/Tab (I had WP9) . I have seen two posts in this discussion group on this topic (by searching "margin release"), but neither adequately answered the question. This is a useful feature that was once standard in creating documents, but I haven't been able to find it any version of Word that I've used. |
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Margin Release
See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MarginalText.htm.
-- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 14:56:05 -0800, Digger wrote: I would like to type information to the left of the margin in Word documents without having to change the margins or indents (i.e. with my mouse). Does anyone know how to do this with a keyboard shortcut in WORD? I use Word 2002. I used to be able to do this easily on typewriters. It could also easily be done in WordPerfect by pressing Shift/Tab (I had WP9) . I have seen two posts in this discussion group on this topic (by searching "margin release"), but neither adequately answered the question. This is a useful feature that was once standard in creating documents, but I haven't been able to find it any version of Word that I've used. |
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Margin Release
I don't believe that article contains any keyboard shortcuts for
"outdenting" text. -- 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. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MarginalText.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 14:56:05 -0800, Digger wrote: I would like to type information to the left of the margin in Word documents without having to change the margins or indents (i.e. with my mouse). Does anyone know how to do this with a keyboard shortcut in WORD? I use Word 2002. I used to be able to do this easily on typewriters. It could also easily be done in WordPerfect by pressing Shift/Tab (I had WP9) . I have seen two posts in this discussion group on this topic (by searching "margin release"), but neither adequately answered the question. This is a useful feature that was once standard in creating documents, but I haven't been able to find it any version of Word that I've used. |
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I interpreted the request as being for the style described under "True
marginal text", but I suppose it could be for an "outdented" style. In either case, the style can be assigned a keyboard shortcut, so I guess I should add a citation of http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...roToHotkey.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: I don't believe that article contains any keyboard shortcuts for "outdenting" text. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MarginalText.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 14:56:05 -0800, Digger wrote: I would like to type information to the left of the margin in Word documents without having to change the margins or indents (i.e. with my mouse). Does anyone know how to do this with a keyboard shortcut in WORD? I use Word 2002. I used to be able to do this easily on typewriters. It could also easily be done in WordPerfect by pressing Shift/Tab (I had WP9) . I have seen two posts in this discussion group on this topic (by searching "margin release"), but neither adequately answered the question. This is a useful feature that was once standard in creating documents, but I haven't been able to find it any version of Word that I've used. |
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Thank you very much for the response. I've come to suspect that Word doesn't
have a simple keyboard command to type directly in the margin areas (without changing margins by "outdenting", creating tables, or inserting frames). It used to be so easy to quickly insert text/numbers to the left of a margin on typewriters (with "margin release"), or in WordPerfect (with shift/tab), or on a lined piece of paper (simply by moving one's hand to the left). And, my memory may be wrong, but I think old DOS versions of Word even used to be able to do this and complaints were registered when newer versions of Word for Windows were released. As for why I want to do this... there are any number of reasons why someone would want to make a simple keystroke to frequently put small annotations in the margins. The most common reason for myself is that I enter notes into Word from books that I'm reading for research (I like that I can use Windows Desktop Search to index all of my notes). For each note that I make I would like to be able to simply type the referenced page number for that note in the left hand margin - beside the note. It seems silly to have to fiddle with margins (outdent), tables, or frames every time I want to do this. I was hoping that I just didn't know how to engage this simple command in Word. But as suggested above, I suspect Word dumped this feature a few years ago and never reintroduced it. Thanks again for your responses and time. "Jay Freedman" wrote: I interpreted the request as being for the style described under "True marginal text", but I suppose it could be for an "outdented" style. In either case, the style can be assigned a keyboard shortcut, so I guess I should add a citation of http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...roToHotkey.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: I don't believe that article contains any keyboard shortcuts for "outdenting" text. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MarginalText.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 14:56:05 -0800, Digger wrote: I would like to type information to the left of the margin in Word documents without having to change the margins or indents (i.e. with my mouse). Does anyone know how to do this with a keyboard shortcut in WORD? I use Word 2002. I used to be able to do this easily on typewriters. It could also easily be done in WordPerfect by pressing Shift/Tab (I had WP9) . I have seen two posts in this discussion group on this topic (by searching "margin release"), but neither adequately answered the question. This is a useful feature that was once standard in creating documents, but I haven't been able to find it any version of Word that I've used. |
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For what you are doing, a framed style would work well. You can assign a
keyboard shortcut to the style. -- 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. "Digger" wrote in message ... Thank you very much for the response. I've come to suspect that Word doesn't have a simple keyboard command to type directly in the margin areas (without changing margins by "outdenting", creating tables, or inserting frames). It used to be so easy to quickly insert text/numbers to the left of a margin on typewriters (with "margin release"), or in WordPerfect (with shift/tab), or on a lined piece of paper (simply by moving one's hand to the left). And, my memory may be wrong, but I think old DOS versions of Word even used to be able to do this and complaints were registered when newer versions of Word for Windows were released. As for why I want to do this... there are any number of reasons why someone would want to make a simple keystroke to frequently put small annotations in the margins. The most common reason for myself is that I enter notes into Word from books that I'm reading for research (I like that I can use Windows Desktop Search to index all of my notes). For each note that I make I would like to be able to simply type the referenced page number for that note in the left hand margin - beside the note. It seems silly to have to fiddle with margins (outdent), tables, or frames every time I want to do this. I was hoping that I just didn't know how to engage this simple command in Word. But as suggested above, I suspect Word dumped this feature a few years ago and never reintroduced it. Thanks again for your responses and time. "Jay Freedman" wrote: I interpreted the request as being for the style described under "True marginal text", but I suppose it could be for an "outdented" style. In either case, the style can be assigned a keyboard shortcut, so I guess I should add a citation of http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...roToHotkey.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: I don't believe that article contains any keyboard shortcuts for "outdenting" text. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MarginalText.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 14:56:05 -0800, Digger wrote: I would like to type information to the left of the margin in Word documents without having to change the margins or indents (i.e. with my mouse). Does anyone know how to do this with a keyboard shortcut in WORD? I use Word 2002. I used to be able to do this easily on typewriters. It could also easily be done in WordPerfect by pressing Shift/Tab (I had WP9) . I have seen two posts in this discussion group on this topic (by searching "margin release"), but neither adequately answered the question. This is a useful feature that was once standard in creating documents, but I haven't been able to find it any version of Word that I've used. |
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