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NOTES IN THE MARGINS
Given my Word marging settings, can I write notes in the margins?
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I don't know! What are your marging (sic) settings?
Are you asking how to write notes in a margin? I believe Tablet PCs may have some capability in this respect - otherwise see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MarginalText.htm -- Enjoy, Tony "zenny" wrote in message ... Given my Word marging settings, can I write notes in the margins? |
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You could insert a text box using the Drawing tool bar and then drag the text
box outside your margins. -- Kevin Backmann "zenny" wrote: Given my Word marging settings, can I write notes in the margins? |
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Great! Thanks for the quick response. I've been forced to use MS Word.
Learning another word processor is not exactly what I'd rather devote my precious time to. There are many other, new things I have to learn every day. Your help is greatly appreciated. :-) "Kevin B" wrote: You could insert a text box using the Drawing tool bar and then drag the text box outside your margins. -- Kevin Backmann "zenny" wrote: Given my Word marging settings, can I write notes in the margins? |
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Thanks! I regret that you had to guess what the question was. You got it
right though. :-) The link you provided is quite valuable; it saved me time. "Tony Jollans" wrote: I don't know! What are your marging (sic) settings? Are you asking how to write notes in a margin? I believe Tablet PCs may have some capability in this respect - otherwise see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MarginalText.htm -- Enjoy, Tony "zenny" wrote in message ... Given my Word marging settings, can I write notes in the margins? |
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Hi,
This one is complicated (and often counter-intuitive) enough that if you use it at least an hour a day, you'll save time very quickly by investing time soon learning it. A good place to start is http://shaunakelly.com/word/concepts...ion/index.html. You may also want to look at the intermediate tutorial pages on my site (in signature below). If you spend half an hour a day on learning for a couple of weeks, within a month you'll recoup your time. After that, you'll have a net gain. -- 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. "zenny" wrote in message ... Great! Thanks for the quick response. I've been forced to use MS Word. Learning another word processor is not exactly what I'd rather devote my precious time to. There are many other, new things I have to learn every day. Your help is greatly appreciated. :-) "Kevin B" wrote: You could insert a text box using the Drawing tool bar and then drag the text box outside your margins. -- Kevin Backmann "zenny" wrote: Given my Word marging settings, can I write notes in the margins? |
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Thanks for the links. They are a nice resource.
I know quite a bit about formatting and layout. I really need "notes in the margings" rather than indenting and things like that. "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Hi, This one is complicated (and often counter-intuitive) enough that if you use it at least an hour a day, you'll save time very quickly by investing time soon learning it. A good place to start is http://shaunakelly.com/word/concepts...ion/index.html. You may also want to look at the intermediate tutorial pages on my site (in signature below). If you spend half an hour a day on learning for a couple of weeks, within a month you'll recoup your time. After that, you'll have a net gain. -- 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. "zenny" wrote in message ... Great! Thanks for the quick response. I've been forced to use MS Word. Learning another word processor is not exactly what I'd rather devote my precious time to. There are many other, new things I have to learn every day. Your help is greatly appreciated. :-) "Kevin B" wrote: You could insert a text box using the Drawing tool bar and then drag the text box outside your margins. -- Kevin Backmann "zenny" wrote: Given my Word marging settings, can I write notes in the margins? |
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It worked like a charm.
The only challenge I had was finding where do I turn off the line outlining the box. I looked in the "Style" setting for the "Line" itemunder the "Colors and Lines" tab. Believe it or not it did not occur to me to look for the "No line" setting in the "Color" option menu. I guess there isn't much difference between "color" and "style" as far as any possible hierarchical relationships to "No line", so the MS Word solution fo this navigational issue is probably OK. I'll just have to "get with the program". Yet, I must point out that Microsoft's own FrontPage lets you control "Border" of a page or paragraph under "Format" which is in "Style". In my way of thinking there's is a closer affinity - albeit only by habit perhaps - if not an outright paralell between "Format"="Style" and WordPerfect's "Properties"="Borders/Fill" rather than MS Word's "Format"="Color"="No line". That is one example of the reasons why I didn't want to use MS Word. Perhaps it's splitting hair, but result means more pain for me. That is why I care to even address the issue. :-) However, all's well that ends well. Thanks again for your help. "Kevin B" wrote: You could insert a text box using the Drawing tool bar and then drag the text box outside your margins. -- Kevin Backmann "zenny" wrote: Given my Word marging settings, can I write notes in the margins? |
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If you'll look at http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MarginalText.htm,
you'll see a much easier way to do this using frames (which can be defined as a 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. "zenny" wrote in message ... It worked like a charm. The only challenge I had was finding where do I turn off the line outlining the box. I looked in the "Style" setting for the "Line" itemunder the "Colors and Lines" tab. Believe it or not it did not occur to me to look for the "No line" setting in the "Color" option menu. I guess there isn't much difference between "color" and "style" as far as any possible hierarchical relationships to "No line", so the MS Word solution fo this navigational issue is probably OK. I'll just have to "get with the program". Yet, I must point out that Microsoft's own FrontPage lets you control "Border" of a page or paragraph under "Format" which is in "Style". In my way of thinking there's is a closer affinity - albeit only by habit perhaps - if not an outright paralell between "Format"="Style" and WordPerfect's "Properties"="Borders/Fill" rather than MS Word's "Format"="Color"="No line". That is one example of the reasons why I didn't want to use MS Word. Perhaps it's splitting hair, but result means more pain for me. That is why I care to even address the issue. :-) However, all's well that ends well. Thanks again for your help. "Kevin B" wrote: You could insert a text box using the Drawing tool bar and then drag the text box outside your margins. -- Kevin Backmann "zenny" wrote: Given my Word marging settings, can I write notes in the margins? |
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