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Paper width grew to 10" - How to fix?
I am creating a new document based on another one that need cleaning up.
However when I look at the original, and match the screen size to a ruler, the page is exactly 8 1/2" x 11", but my new document is 10" x 11", with an extra wide margin on the right so that the same text fits in the same space. I have searched "Help" and other web sites in vain for answers on how to reduce the paper width back to 8 1/2". The screen ruler seems to have all the same markings, but the paper extends to the right more than it should. This is a set of mirrored pages, and all of the page setup settings are exactly the same as the original document. Where else is the paper size defined? What have I missed? Mich |
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Paper width grew to 10" - How to fix?
This is probably just a view artifact. If the document contains "markup"
(tracked changes or comments), Word creates an extra-wide margin (on the right by default) to allow for the "balloons." If you look at Print Preview, you'll see that the document will print on an 8.5" x 11" page, but reduced to fit into the upper left corner, with the balloons in the margin. Fixes include switching to Final view (and printing from there), removing markup, disabling balloons, etc. -- 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. "M Skabialka" wrote in message ... I am creating a new document based on another one that need cleaning up. However when I look at the original, and match the screen size to a ruler, the page is exactly 8 1/2" x 11", but my new document is 10" x 11", with an extra wide margin on the right so that the same text fits in the same space. I have searched "Help" and other web sites in vain for answers on how to reduce the paper width back to 8 1/2". The screen ruler seems to have all the same markings, but the paper extends to the right more than it should. This is a set of mirrored pages, and all of the page setup settings are exactly the same as the original document. Where else is the paper size defined? What have I missed? Mich |
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Paper width grew to 10" - How to fix?
Thank-you, that fixed the problem!
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... This is probably just a view artifact. If the document contains "markup" (tracked changes or comments), Word creates an extra-wide margin (on the right by default) to allow for the "balloons." If you look at Print Preview, you'll see that the document will print on an 8.5" x 11" page, but reduced to fit into the upper left corner, with the balloons in the margin. Fixes include switching to Final view (and printing from there), removing markup, disabling balloons, etc. -- 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. "M Skabialka" wrote in message ... I am creating a new document based on another one that need cleaning up. However when I look at the original, and match the screen size to a ruler, the page is exactly 8 1/2" x 11", but my new document is 10" x 11", with an extra wide margin on the right so that the same text fits in the same space. I have searched "Help" and other web sites in vain for answers on how to reduce the paper width back to 8 1/2". The screen ruler seems to have all the same markings, but the paper extends to the right more than it should. This is a set of mirrored pages, and all of the page setup settings are exactly the same as the original document. Where else is the paper size defined? What have I missed? Mich |
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