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Page Layout
Hi there,
I am VERY new to MS WORD and am struggling a bit with a few things, one being page layout. I have chosen to work on a LANDSCAPE layout with 2 pages per A4-sheet. What I want is to have the top and bottom margins of all the pages set at 1.5cm. This I manage to do. What I can not get right, is the left margin of ALL the pages which have to be 3cm and the right margins all at 1cm. This is not for binding as I will cut all the pages in two without binding, so there is no need for a gutter.. I hope you understand what I need. Please help me out here. Regards, Deon |
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What version of Word? Are you using the "2 pages per sheet" option in Page
Setup? If so, you just set the left and right margins as desired and let Word take care of the rest. -- 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. "Deon H" wrote in message .158... Hi there, I am VERY new to MS WORD and am struggling a bit with a few things, one being page layout. I have chosen to work on a LANDSCAPE layout with 2 pages per A4-sheet. What I want is to have the top and bottom margins of all the pages set at 1.5cm. This I manage to do. What I can not get right, is the left margin of ALL the pages which have to be 3cm and the right margins all at 1cm. This is not for binding as I will cut all the pages in two without binding, so there is no need for a gutter.. I hope you understand what I need. Please help me out here. Regards, Deon |
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I'm using Word 2003.
Yes, I use the 2Pages per sheet option to do this. The moment I choose this, there is no Left & Right Margin setup. It changes to inside & outside. Deon |
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Look again. Inside/Outside is actually now the Top and Bottom. Left and
Right are still Left and Right. Unless, of course, you have changed the orientation setting? Use Print Preview and select 2x2 pages view. Then you will see exactly what happens when you change the margins (note that you can change the Page Setup whilst in Print Preview and see exactly what happens as you make the changes). -- Terry Farrell - Word MVP http://word.mvps.org/ "Deon H" wrote in message .158... : I'm using Word 2003. : : Yes, I use the 2Pages per sheet option to do this. The moment I choose : this, there is no Left & Right Margin setup. It changes to inside & : outside. : : Deon : |
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Sorry for not giving all the details.
I have the page's orientation set to Landscape and set to 2 Pages per sheet. I have tried everything with the margins - still no luck. My idea is in staed to have 5 A4 sized pages in front of me, rather have 2/3 A5 pages in front of me. Hope this makes sence and thanx for the help. Regards, Deon |
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Susanne,
thanx for your help. I'm using Word 2003 SP1 I'm afraid to tell you that it doesn't work as you have suggested. I'm wokring with an A4-sheet in LANDSCAPE orientation. Any other suggestions? Deon |
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Yes, I see what you're saying now. Word seems to assume that you want facing
pages. The only workarounds I can think of would be: 1. Create the pages full size, using the required margins (double the ones you mentioned) and use the "2 pages per sheet" option in the Print dialog. Luckily, for A4/A5, this works out well (US sizes don't scale as well). 2. Use "2 pages per sheet" as you've been doing, setting both Inside and Outside margins to 1 cm and adding a 2 cm left indent to all your paragraph styles. -- 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. "Deon H" wrote in message .158... Susanne, thanx for your help. I'm using Word 2003 SP1 I'm afraid to tell you that it doesn't work as you have suggested. I'm wokring with an A4-sheet in LANDSCAPE orientation. Any other suggestions? Deon |
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Suzanne,
thanx for the reply. I'll give it a go and see what happens. Thanx for your help. Deon |
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suzanne,
I have tried Option 1 and I think it's a good work around. All that happens now that I don;t like, is it's scaling my text size as well. I normally work with 12pt - is there any option to tick / un-tick when printing? Regards, Deon |
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Unfortunately, with any of the above methods, because you are squeezing 2
pages on 1 sheet, its going to scale down the contents to fit. To keep full size, you are going to need to divide the full sized page into 2 areas (say with a three row table using Exact Row height - the middle row being the margin) and creating the document as though they are two separate pages. Terry "Deon H" wrote in message .158... : suzanne, : : I have tried Option 1 and I think it's a good work around. All that happens : now that I don;t like, is it's scaling my text size as well. : : I normally work with 12pt - is there any option to tick / un-tick when : printing? : : Regards, : : Deon |
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That's the part that I would find dicey: you have to construct everything
twice as big because it's going to be halved. So you'll have to use 24-pt type if you want it to come out 12, and so on. You can change the default font size for a single document by modifying the Normal style and *not* checking the box for "Add to template." -- 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. "Deon H" wrote in message .158... suzanne, I have tried Option 1 and I think it's a good work around. All that happens now that I don;t like, is it's scaling my text size as well. I normally work with 12pt - is there any option to tick / un-tick when printing? Regards, Deon |
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Thanx again,
I have played around and found 18pt to be exactly 12 when it has been scaled down. Thanx again! Deon |
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How odd! You'd think it would be 24.
-- 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. "Deon H" wrote in message .158... Thanx again, I have played around and found 18pt to be exactly 12 when it has been scaled down. Thanx again! Deon |
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