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Footer margin, text margin, and bottom of page problems
The dissertation style requires the bottom margin be 1 inch from the bottom
of the page, and the page number be at the top of the 1 inch bottom margin, so it is 1 inch from the bottom of the page. I have set the Footer Margin in Page Setup to 1 inch, and the Page margin to 1 inch which I thought was the right way to set the margin to get the required margin. However, now I have a 2 inch margin at the page number and the text starts one line directly above the page number. What is the right way to get the bottom margin I need? Are there other settings within Word, printer settings or ?? that could affect the footer margin? I've checked the usual Help commands and Assistance as well as Knowledge Base and haven't found an answer. |
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Go to the Layout tab on the Page Setup dialog. Set the Footer 'From edge'
value. That's the distance from the bottom of the paper to the bottom of the footer text. (To be precise, to the bottom of the text plus any 'Space after' value for your footer style.) The bottom margin you've been setting is the distance from the bottom of the paper to the bottom of the body text; but Word increases the value as necessary so your text doesn't over run the footer. You normally want the bottom margin value to be sufficiently larger than the footer value to allow for the height of the footer plus the distance between the footer and the text. "Terri" wrote in message ... The dissertation style requires the bottom margin be 1 inch from the bottom of the page, and the page number be at the top of the 1 inch bottom margin, so it is 1 inch from the bottom of the page. I have set the Footer Margin in Page Setup to 1 inch, and the Page margin to 1 inch which I thought was the right way to set the margin to get the required margin. However, now I have a 2 inch margin at the page number and the text starts one line directly above the page number. What is the right way to get the bottom margin I need? Are there other settings within Word, printer settings or ?? that could affect the footer margin? I've checked the usual Help commands and Assistance as well as Knowledge Base and haven't found an answer. |
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I have Layout, From edge, Footer, 1" and Margins, Bottom 1" which I assumed
would print the Footer at 1" but that is not what is happening. The Footer is just a centered page number so there is no additional content that is pushing up the footer. So is that what you mean? "Jezebel" wrote: Go to the Layout tab on the Page Setup dialog. Set the Footer 'From edge' value. That's the distance from the bottom of the paper to the bottom of the footer text. (To be precise, to the bottom of the text plus any 'Space after' value for your footer style.) The bottom margin you've been setting is the distance from the bottom of the paper to the bottom of the body text; but Word increases the value as necessary so your text doesn't over run the footer. You normally want the bottom margin value to be sufficiently larger than the footer value to allow for the height of the footer plus the distance between the footer and the text. "Terri" wrote in message ... The dissertation style requires the bottom margin be 1 inch from the bottom of the page, and the page number be at the top of the 1 inch bottom margin, so it is 1 inch from the bottom of the page. I have set the Footer Margin in Page Setup to 1 inch, and the Page margin to 1 inch which I thought was the right way to set the margin to get the required margin. However, now I have a 2 inch margin at the page number and the text starts one line directly above the page number. What is the right way to get the bottom margin I need? Are there other settings within Word, printer settings or ?? that could affect the footer margin? I've checked the usual Help commands and Assistance as well as Knowledge Base and haven't found an answer. |
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The 1" footer margin puts the *bottom* of the footer at 1", which means that
the page number pushes up into the body text. If you want a 1" bottom margin for the body, you need to set the footer margin sufficiently smaller to allow for the height of the page number. If the page number is 12-point Times New Roman, that means you need to allow a minimum of 14.4 points. Since 1" = 72 points, that means that the footer margin should be no more than 0.8" (14.4 points = 0.2"). -- 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. "Terri" wrote in message ... I have Layout, From edge, Footer, 1" and Margins, Bottom 1" which I assumed would print the Footer at 1" but that is not what is happening. The Footer is just a centered page number so there is no additional content that is pushing up the footer. So is that what you mean? "Jezebel" wrote: Go to the Layout tab on the Page Setup dialog. Set the Footer 'From edge' value. That's the distance from the bottom of the paper to the bottom of the footer text. (To be precise, to the bottom of the text plus any 'Space after' value for your footer style.) The bottom margin you've been setting is the distance from the bottom of the paper to the bottom of the body text; but Word increases the value as necessary so your text doesn't over run the footer. You normally want the bottom margin value to be sufficiently larger than the footer value to allow for the height of the footer plus the distance between the footer and the text. "Terri" wrote in message ... The dissertation style requires the bottom margin be 1 inch from the bottom of the page, and the page number be at the top of the 1 inch bottom margin, so it is 1 inch from the bottom of the page. I have set the Footer Margin in Page Setup to 1 inch, and the Page margin to 1 inch which I thought was the right way to set the margin to get the required margin. However, now I have a 2 inch margin at the page number and the text starts one line directly above the page number. What is the right way to get the bottom margin I need? Are there other settings within Word, printer settings or ?? that could affect the footer margin? I've checked the usual Help commands and Assistance as well as Knowledge Base and haven't found an answer. |
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Do I leave the page margin at 1" as well?
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The 1" footer margin puts the *bottom* of the footer at 1", which means that the page number pushes up into the body text. If you want a 1" bottom margin for the body, you need to set the footer margin sufficiently smaller to allow for the height of the page number. If the page number is 12-point Times New Roman, that means you need to allow a minimum of 14.4 points. Since 1" = 72 points, that means that the footer margin should be no more than 0.8" (14.4 points = 0.2"). -- 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. "Terri" wrote in message ... I have Layout, From edge, Footer, 1" and Margins, Bottom 1" which I assumed would print the Footer at 1" but that is not what is happening. The Footer is just a centered page number so there is no additional content that is pushing up the footer. So is that what you mean? "Jezebel" wrote: Go to the Layout tab on the Page Setup dialog. Set the Footer 'From edge' value. That's the distance from the bottom of the paper to the bottom of the footer text. (To be precise, to the bottom of the text plus any 'Space after' value for your footer style.) The bottom margin you've been setting is the distance from the bottom of the paper to the bottom of the body text; but Word increases the value as necessary so your text doesn't over run the footer. You normally want the bottom margin value to be sufficiently larger than the footer value to allow for the height of the footer plus the distance between the footer and the text. "Terri" wrote in message ... The dissertation style requires the bottom margin be 1 inch from the bottom of the page, and the page number be at the top of the 1 inch bottom margin, so it is 1 inch from the bottom of the page. I have set the Footer Margin in Page Setup to 1 inch, and the Page margin to 1 inch which I thought was the right way to set the margin to get the required margin. However, now I have a 2 inch margin at the page number and the text starts one line directly above the page number. What is the right way to get the bottom margin I need? Are there other settings within Word, printer settings or ?? that could affect the footer margin? I've checked the usual Help commands and Assistance as well as Knowledge Base and haven't found an answer. |
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For heaven's sake! Thirty seconds experimenting would answer this.
"Terri" wrote in message ... Do I leave the page margin at 1" as well? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The 1" footer margin puts the *bottom* of the footer at 1", which means that the page number pushes up into the body text. If you want a 1" bottom margin for the body, you need to set the footer margin sufficiently smaller to allow for the height of the page number. If the page number is 12-point Times New Roman, that means you need to allow a minimum of 14.4 points. Since 1" = 72 points, that means that the footer margin should be no more than 0.8" (14.4 points = 0.2"). -- 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. "Terri" wrote in message ... I have Layout, From edge, Footer, 1" and Margins, Bottom 1" which I assumed would print the Footer at 1" but that is not what is happening. The Footer is just a centered page number so there is no additional content that is pushing up the footer. So is that what you mean? "Jezebel" wrote: Go to the Layout tab on the Page Setup dialog. Set the Footer 'From edge' value. That's the distance from the bottom of the paper to the bottom of the footer text. (To be precise, to the bottom of the text plus any 'Space after' value for your footer style.) The bottom margin you've been setting is the distance from the bottom of the paper to the bottom of the body text; but Word increases the value as necessary so your text doesn't over run the footer. You normally want the bottom margin value to be sufficiently larger than the footer value to allow for the height of the footer plus the distance between the footer and the text. "Terri" wrote in message ... The dissertation style requires the bottom margin be 1 inch from the bottom of the page, and the page number be at the top of the 1 inch bottom margin, so it is 1 inch from the bottom of the page. I have set the Footer Margin in Page Setup to 1 inch, and the Page margin to 1 inch which I thought was the right way to set the margin to get the required margin. However, now I have a 2 inch margin at the page number and the text starts one line directly above the page number. What is the right way to get the bottom margin I need? Are there other settings within Word, printer settings or ?? that could affect the footer margin? I've checked the usual Help commands and Assistance as well as Knowledge Base and haven't found an answer. |
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Setting the line spacing to "Exactly" would imply easier calculations here, I
guess. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The 1" footer margin puts the *bottom* of the footer at 1", which means that the page number pushes up into the body text. If you want a 1" bottom margin for the body, you need to set the footer margin sufficiently smaller to allow for the height of the page number. If the page number is 12-point Times New Roman, that means you need to allow a minimum of 14.4 points. Since 1" = 72 points, that means that the footer margin should be no more than 0.8" (14.4 points = 0.2"). -- 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. "Terri" wrote in message ... I have Layout, From edge, Footer, 1" and Margins, Bottom 1" which I assumed would print the Footer at 1" but that is not what is happening. The Footer is just a centered page number so there is no additional content that is pushing up the footer. So is that what you mean? "Jezebel" wrote: Go to the Layout tab on the Page Setup dialog. Set the Footer 'From edge' value. That's the distance from the bottom of the paper to the bottom of the footer text. (To be precise, to the bottom of the text plus any 'Space after' value for your footer style.) The bottom margin you've been setting is the distance from the bottom of the paper to the bottom of the body text; but Word increases the value as necessary so your text doesn't over run the footer. You normally want the bottom margin value to be sufficiently larger than the footer value to allow for the height of the footer plus the distance between the footer and the text. "Terri" wrote in message ... The dissertation style requires the bottom margin be 1 inch from the bottom of the page, and the page number be at the top of the 1 inch bottom margin, so it is 1 inch from the bottom of the page. I have set the Footer Margin in Page Setup to 1 inch, and the Page margin to 1 inch which I thought was the right way to set the margin to get the required margin. However, now I have a 2 inch margin at the page number and the text starts one line directly above the page number. What is the right way to get the bottom margin I need? Are there other settings within Word, printer settings or ?? that could affect the footer margin? I've checked the usual Help commands and Assistance as well as Knowledge Base and haven't found an answer. |
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Hi Terri
Terri wrote: The dissertation style requires the bottom margin be 1 inch from the bottom of the page, and the page number be at the top of the 1 inch bottom margin, so it is 1 inch from the bottom of the page. With no space between the text area and the page number? Slap thoroughly whoever made these requirements, I say! 2cents Robert -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word |
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I have tried dozens of times to fix this problem before going through this
list to get some solutions for this problem. I am posting this problem here because I thought there was something I was overlooking, or there was some other setting I was missing. This is a place to get HELP from other users, not criticism. "Jezebel" wrote: For heaven's sake! Thirty seconds experimenting would answer this. "Terri" wrote in message ... Do I leave the page margin at 1" as well? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The 1" footer margin puts the *bottom* of the footer at 1", which means that the page number pushes up into the body text. If you want a 1" bottom margin for the body, you need to set the footer margin sufficiently smaller to allow for the height of the page number. If the page number is 12-point Times New Roman, that means you need to allow a minimum of 14.4 points. Since 1" = 72 points, that means that the footer margin should be no more than 0.8" (14.4 points = 0.2"). -- 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. "Terri" wrote in message ... I have Layout, From edge, Footer, 1" and Margins, Bottom 1" which I assumed would print the Footer at 1" but that is not what is happening. The Footer is just a centered page number so there is no additional content that is pushing up the footer. So is that what you mean? "Jezebel" wrote: Go to the Layout tab on the Page Setup dialog. Set the Footer 'From edge' value. That's the distance from the bottom of the paper to the bottom of the footer text. (To be precise, to the bottom of the text plus any 'Space after' value for your footer style.) The bottom margin you've been setting is the distance from the bottom of the paper to the bottom of the body text; but Word increases the value as necessary so your text doesn't over run the footer. You normally want the bottom margin value to be sufficiently larger than the footer value to allow for the height of the footer plus the distance between the footer and the text. "Terri" wrote in message ... The dissertation style requires the bottom margin be 1 inch from the bottom of the page, and the page number be at the top of the 1 inch bottom margin, so it is 1 inch from the bottom of the page. I have set the Footer Margin in Page Setup to 1 inch, and the Page margin to 1 inch which I thought was the right way to set the margin to get the required margin. However, now I have a 2 inch margin at the page number and the text starts one line directly above the page number. What is the right way to get the bottom margin I need? Are there other settings within Word, printer settings or ?? that could affect the footer margin? I've checked the usual Help commands and Assistance as well as Knowledge Base and haven't found an answer. |
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I agree, though I was just providing directions for accomplishing exactly
what was asked. -- 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. "Robert M. Franz (RMF)" wrote in message ... Hi Terri Terri wrote: The dissertation style requires the bottom margin be 1 inch from the bottom of the page, and the page number be at the top of the 1 inch bottom margin, so it is 1 inch from the bottom of the page. With no space between the text area and the page number? Slap thoroughly whoever made these requirements, I say! 2cents Robert -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word |
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Did you read the part where I said, "If you want a 1" bottom margin for the
body"? I thought that implied that the bottom margin would remain at 1". But also see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BottomLine.htm -- 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. "Terri" wrote in message ... Do I leave the page margin at 1" as well? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The 1" footer margin puts the *bottom* of the footer at 1", which means that the page number pushes up into the body text. If you want a 1" bottom margin for the body, you need to set the footer margin sufficiently smaller to allow for the height of the page number. If the page number is 12-point Times New Roman, that means you need to allow a minimum of 14.4 points. Since 1" = 72 points, that means that the footer margin should be no more than 0.8" (14.4 points = 0.2"). -- 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. "Terri" wrote in message ... I have Layout, From edge, Footer, 1" and Margins, Bottom 1" which I assumed would print the Footer at 1" but that is not what is happening. The Footer is just a centered page number so there is no additional content that is pushing up the footer. So is that what you mean? "Jezebel" wrote: Go to the Layout tab on the Page Setup dialog. Set the Footer 'From edge' value. That's the distance from the bottom of the paper to the bottom of the footer text. (To be precise, to the bottom of the text plus any 'Space after' value for your footer style.) The bottom margin you've been setting is the distance from the bottom of the paper to the bottom of the body text; but Word increases the value as necessary so your text doesn't over run the footer. You normally want the bottom margin value to be sufficiently larger than the footer value to allow for the height of the footer plus the distance between the footer and the text. "Terri" wrote in message ... The dissertation style requires the bottom margin be 1 inch from the bottom of the page, and the page number be at the top of the 1 inch bottom margin, so it is 1 inch from the bottom of the page. I have set the Footer Margin in Page Setup to 1 inch, and the Page margin to 1 inch which I thought was the right way to set the margin to get the required margin. However, now I have a 2 inch margin at the page number and the text starts one line directly above the page number. What is the right way to get the bottom margin I need? Are there other settings within Word, printer settings or ?? that could affect the footer margin? I've checked the usual Help commands and Assistance as well as Knowledge Base and haven't found an answer. |
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It seems you didn't read any of the posts carefully and to the end, so my
guess is your empirical observations are sloppy too. Perhaps it would be better if you abandoned your dissertation before you start f***ing up the real world too. "Terri" wrote in message ... I have tried dozens of times to fix this problem before going through this list to get some solutions for this problem. I am posting this problem here because I thought there was something I was overlooking, or there was some other setting I was missing. This is a place to get HELP from other users, not criticism. "Jezebel" wrote: For heaven's sake! Thirty seconds experimenting would answer this. "Terri" wrote in message ... Do I leave the page margin at 1" as well? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The 1" footer margin puts the *bottom* of the footer at 1", which means that the page number pushes up into the body text. If you want a 1" bottom margin for the body, you need to set the footer margin sufficiently smaller to allow for the height of the page number. If the page number is 12-point Times New Roman, that means you need to allow a minimum of 14.4 points. Since 1" = 72 points, that means that the footer margin should be no more than 0.8" (14.4 points = 0.2"). -- 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. "Terri" wrote in message ... I have Layout, From edge, Footer, 1" and Margins, Bottom 1" which I assumed would print the Footer at 1" but that is not what is happening. The Footer is just a centered page number so there is no additional content that is pushing up the footer. So is that what you mean? "Jezebel" wrote: Go to the Layout tab on the Page Setup dialog. Set the Footer 'From edge' value. That's the distance from the bottom of the paper to the bottom of the footer text. (To be precise, to the bottom of the text plus any 'Space after' value for your footer style.) The bottom margin you've been setting is the distance from the bottom of the paper to the bottom of the body text; but Word increases the value as necessary so your text doesn't over run the footer. You normally want the bottom margin value to be sufficiently larger than the footer value to allow for the height of the footer plus the distance between the footer and the text. "Terri" wrote in message ... The dissertation style requires the bottom margin be 1 inch from the bottom of the page, and the page number be at the top of the 1 inch bottom margin, so it is 1 inch from the bottom of the page. I have set the Footer Margin in Page Setup to 1 inch, and the Page margin to 1 inch which I thought was the right way to set the margin to get the required margin. However, now I have a 2 inch margin at the page number and the text starts one line directly above the page number. What is the right way to get the bottom margin I need? Are there other settings within Word, printer settings or ?? that could affect the footer margin? I've checked the usual Help commands and Assistance as well as Knowledge Base and haven't found an answer. |
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Thanks for the helpful attitude
"Jezebel" wrote: It seems you didn't read any of the posts carefully and to the end, so my guess is your empirical observations are sloppy too. Perhaps it would be better if you abandoned your dissertation before you start f***ing up the real world too. "Terri" wrote in message ... I have tried dozens of times to fix this problem before going through this list to get some solutions for this problem. I am posting this problem here because I thought there was something I was overlooking, or there was some other setting I was missing. This is a place to get HELP from other users, not criticism. "Jezebel" wrote: For heaven's sake! Thirty seconds experimenting would answer this. "Terri" wrote in message ... Do I leave the page margin at 1" as well? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The 1" footer margin puts the *bottom* of the footer at 1", which means that the page number pushes up into the body text. If you want a 1" bottom margin for the body, you need to set the footer margin sufficiently smaller to allow for the height of the page number. If the page number is 12-point Times New Roman, that means you need to allow a minimum of 14.4 points. Since 1" = 72 points, that means that the footer margin should be no more than 0.8" (14.4 points = 0.2"). -- 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. "Terri" wrote in message ... I have Layout, From edge, Footer, 1" and Margins, Bottom 1" which I assumed would print the Footer at 1" but that is not what is happening. The Footer is just a centered page number so there is no additional content that is pushing up the footer. So is that what you mean? "Jezebel" wrote: Go to the Layout tab on the Page Setup dialog. Set the Footer 'From edge' value. That's the distance from the bottom of the paper to the bottom of the footer text. (To be precise, to the bottom of the text plus any 'Space after' value for your footer style.) The bottom margin you've been setting is the distance from the bottom of the paper to the bottom of the body text; but Word increases the value as necessary so your text doesn't over run the footer. You normally want the bottom margin value to be sufficiently larger than the footer value to allow for the height of the footer plus the distance between the footer and the text. "Terri" wrote in message ... The dissertation style requires the bottom margin be 1 inch from the bottom of the page, and the page number be at the top of the 1 inch bottom margin, so it is 1 inch from the bottom of the page. I have set the Footer Margin in Page Setup to 1 inch, and the Page margin to 1 inch which I thought was the right way to set the margin to get the required margin. However, now I have a 2 inch margin at the page number and the text starts one line directly above the page number. What is the right way to get the bottom margin I need? Are there other settings within Word, printer settings or ?? that could affect the footer margin? I've checked the usual Help commands and Assistance as well as Knowledge Base and haven't found an answer. |
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You were offered help and declined to accept it. What more do you expect?
"Terri" wrote in message ... Thanks for the helpful attitude "Jezebel" wrote: It seems you didn't read any of the posts carefully and to the end, so my guess is your empirical observations are sloppy too. Perhaps it would be better if you abandoned your dissertation before you start f***ing up the real world too. "Terri" wrote in message ... I have tried dozens of times to fix this problem before going through this list to get some solutions for this problem. I am posting this problem here because I thought there was something I was overlooking, or there was some other setting I was missing. This is a place to get HELP from other users, not criticism. "Jezebel" wrote: For heaven's sake! Thirty seconds experimenting would answer this. "Terri" wrote in message ... Do I leave the page margin at 1" as well? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The 1" footer margin puts the *bottom* of the footer at 1", which means that the page number pushes up into the body text. If you want a 1" bottom margin for the body, you need to set the footer margin sufficiently smaller to allow for the height of the page number. If the page number is 12-point Times New Roman, that means you need to allow a minimum of 14.4 points. Since 1" = 72 points, that means that the footer margin should be no more than 0.8" (14.4 points = 0.2"). -- 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. "Terri" wrote in message ... I have Layout, From edge, Footer, 1" and Margins, Bottom 1" which I assumed would print the Footer at 1" but that is not what is happening. The Footer is just a centered page number so there is no additional content that is pushing up the footer. So is that what you mean? "Jezebel" wrote: Go to the Layout tab on the Page Setup dialog. Set the Footer 'From edge' value. That's the distance from the bottom of the paper to the bottom of the footer text. (To be precise, to the bottom of the text plus any 'Space after' value for your footer style.) The bottom margin you've been setting is the distance from the bottom of the paper to the bottom of the body text; but Word increases the value as necessary so your text doesn't over run the footer. You normally want the bottom margin value to be sufficiently larger than the footer value to allow for the height of the footer plus the distance between the footer and the text. "Terri" wrote in message ... The dissertation style requires the bottom margin be 1 inch from the bottom of the page, and the page number be at the top of the 1 inch bottom margin, so it is 1 inch from the bottom of the page. I have set the Footer Margin in Page Setup to 1 inch, and the Page margin to 1 inch which I thought was the right way to set the margin to get the required margin. However, now I have a 2 inch margin at the page number and the text starts one line directly above the page number. What is the right way to get the bottom margin I need? Are there other settings within Word, printer settings or ?? that could affect the footer margin? I've checked the usual Help commands and Assistance as well as Knowledge Base and haven't found an answer. |
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Footer margin, text margin, and bottom of page problems
I asked for confirmation of the margin settings because after changing the
margins as you suggested the text is still showing up as 2 inches from the bottom of the page. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Did you read the part where I said, "If you want a 1" bottom margin for the body"? I thought that implied that the bottom margin would remain at 1". But also see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BottomLine.htm -- 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. "Terri" wrote in message ... Do I leave the page margin at 1" as well? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The 1" footer margin puts the *bottom* of the footer at 1", which means that the page number pushes up into the body text. If you want a 1" bottom margin for the body, you need to set the footer margin sufficiently smaller to allow for the height of the page number. If the page number is 12-point Times New Roman, that means you need to allow a minimum of 14.4 points. Since 1" = 72 points, that means that the footer margin should be no more than 0.8" (14.4 points = 0.2"). -- 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. "Terri" wrote in message ... I have Layout, From edge, Footer, 1" and Margins, Bottom 1" which I assumed would print the Footer at 1" but that is not what is happening. The Footer is just a centered page number so there is no additional content that is pushing up the footer. So is that what you mean? "Jezebel" wrote: Go to the Layout tab on the Page Setup dialog. Set the Footer 'From edge' value. That's the distance from the bottom of the paper to the bottom of the footer text. (To be precise, to the bottom of the text plus any 'Space after' value for your footer style.) The bottom margin you've been setting is the distance from the bottom of the paper to the bottom of the body text; but Word increases the value as necessary so your text doesn't over run the footer. You normally want the bottom margin value to be sufficiently larger than the footer value to allow for the height of the footer plus the distance between the footer and the text. "Terri" wrote in message ... The dissertation style requires the bottom margin be 1 inch from the bottom of the page, and the page number be at the top of the 1 inch bottom margin, so it is 1 inch from the bottom of the page. I have set the Footer Margin in Page Setup to 1 inch, and the Page margin to 1 inch which I thought was the right way to set the margin to get the required margin. However, now I have a 2 inch margin at the page number and the text starts one line directly above the page number. What is the right way to get the bottom margin I need? Are there other settings within Word, printer settings or ?? that could affect the footer margin? I've checked the usual Help commands and Assistance as well as Knowledge Base and haven't found an answer. |
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Hi Robert -- I'm still working on this one. The text and footer are still
too far from the edge (2 inches). The suggestions posted here have not worked so I'm ready to start troubleshooting the printer driver or have someone else type the dissertation. "Robert M. Franz (RMF)" wrote: Hi Terri Terri wrote: The dissertation style requires the bottom margin be 1 inch from the bottom of the page, and the page number be at the top of the 1 inch bottom margin, so it is 1 inch from the bottom of the page. With no space between the text area and the page number? Slap thoroughly whoever made these requirements, I say! 2cents Robert -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word |
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Some old HP printer drivers do this. If you have an HP printer
http://www.hp.com/pond/ljbeta/ -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Terri wrote: Hi Robert -- I'm still working on this one. The text and footer are still too far from the edge (2 inches). The suggestions posted here have not worked so I'm ready to start troubleshooting the printer driver or have someone else type the dissertation. "Robert M. Franz (RMF)" wrote: Hi Terri Terri wrote: The dissertation style requires the bottom margin be 1 inch from the bottom of the page, and the page number be at the top of the 1 inch bottom margin, so it is 1 inch from the bottom of the page. With no space between the text area and the page number? Slap thoroughly whoever made these requirements, I say! 2cents Robert -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word |
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Footer margin, text margin, and bottom of page problems
Did you read the referenced article? Also, make sure that there are no empty
paragraphs in your footer. This is easily determined by displaying nonprinting characters. -- 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. "Terri" wrote in message ... I asked for confirmation of the margin settings because after changing the margins as you suggested the text is still showing up as 2 inches from the bottom of the page. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Did you read the part where I said, "If you want a 1" bottom margin for the body"? I thought that implied that the bottom margin would remain at 1". But also see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BottomLine.htm -- 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. "Terri" wrote in message ... Do I leave the page margin at 1" as well? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The 1" footer margin puts the *bottom* of the footer at 1", which means that the page number pushes up into the body text. If you want a 1" bottom margin for the body, you need to set the footer margin sufficiently smaller to allow for the height of the page number. If the page number is 12-point Times New Roman, that means you need to allow a minimum of 14.4 points. Since 1" = 72 points, that means that the footer margin should be no more than 0.8" (14.4 points = 0.2"). -- 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. "Terri" wrote in message ... I have Layout, From edge, Footer, 1" and Margins, Bottom 1" which I assumed would print the Footer at 1" but that is not what is happening. The Footer is just a centered page number so there is no additional content that is pushing up the footer. So is that what you mean? "Jezebel" wrote: Go to the Layout tab on the Page Setup dialog. Set the Footer 'From edge' value. That's the distance from the bottom of the paper to the bottom of the footer text. (To be precise, to the bottom of the text plus any 'Space after' value for your footer style.) The bottom margin you've been setting is the distance from the bottom of the paper to the bottom of the body text; but Word increases the value as necessary so your text doesn't over run the footer. You normally want the bottom margin value to be sufficiently larger than the footer value to allow for the height of the footer plus the distance between the footer and the text. "Terri" wrote in message ... The dissertation style requires the bottom margin be 1 inch from the bottom of the page, and the page number be at the top of the 1 inch bottom margin, so it is 1 inch from the bottom of the page. I have set the Footer Margin in Page Setup to 1 inch, and the Page margin to 1 inch which I thought was the right way to set the margin to get the required margin. However, now I have a 2 inch margin at the page number and the text starts one line directly above the page number. What is the right way to get the bottom margin I need? Are there other settings within Word, printer settings or ?? that could affect the footer margin? I've checked the usual Help commands and Assistance as well as Knowledge Base and haven't found an answer. |
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