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My left & right text margins vary from page to page though under the
overhanging ruler I have "selected all" to assign 5" margins all around. Thanks. |
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Word comes with margin defaults set at around 1.5". You can change this is
the Page Setup (File menu). You can decide your own default - mine is 2.5 cm. The ruler should be used if you want to indent paragraphs from the default, but 5" (5 inches?) is not possible if you are using A4 or US letter. Since it is difficult to be very precise with the ruler, you might be better using Format | Paragraph and setting the indent there. Does this help to solve your problem? -- Rae Drysdale "Sylvia" wrote: My left & right text margins vary from page to page though under the overhanging ruler I have "selected all" to assign 5" margins all around. Thanks. |
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I meant .5" on all margins, sorry. I'm concerned because according to the
toolbar above the text, the text in my long document shifts one way or the other from paragraph to paragraph and page to page. Any suggestions? Thanks, Sylvia "Rae Drysdale" wrote: Word comes with margin defaults set at around 1.5". You can change this is the Page Setup (File menu). You can decide your own default - mine is 2.5 cm. The ruler should be used if you want to indent paragraphs from the default, but 5" (5 inches?) is not possible if you are using A4 or US letter. Since it is difficult to be very precise with the ruler, you might be better using Format | Paragraph and setting the indent there. Does this help to solve your problem? -- Rae Drysdale "Sylvia" wrote: My left & right text margins vary from page to page though under the overhanging ruler I have "selected all" to assign 5" margins all around. Thanks. |
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Click within EACH in turn paragraph and then go to Format|Paragraph and see
what indents are set there. They must all be different if the paragraphs are irregular distances from the margin. Set them all the same or, if you don't want any indents set to 0. Then the margins will be at the default you see in Page Setup. Hope this helps solve your problem. -- Rae Drysdale "Sylvia" wrote: I meant .5" on all margins, sorry. I'm concerned because according to the toolbar above the text, the text in my long document shifts one way or the other from paragraph to paragraph and page to page. Any suggestions? Thanks, Sylvia "Rae Drysdale" wrote: Word comes with margin defaults set at around 1.5". You can change this is the Page Setup (File menu). You can decide your own default - mine is 2.5 cm. The ruler should be used if you want to indent paragraphs from the default, but 5" (5 inches?) is not possible if you are using A4 or US letter. Since it is difficult to be very precise with the ruler, you might be better using Format | Paragraph and setting the indent there. Does this help to solve your problem? -- Rae Drysdale "Sylvia" wrote: My left & right text margins vary from page to page though under the overhanging ruler I have "selected all" to assign 5" margins all around. Thanks. |
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Two things affect the width of text: page margins and paragraph indents. If
the margins are set to 0.5" on all sides in all sections, then you should examine the deviant paragraphs for left/right indents. If there are none, and the paragraphs have an excessive right margin, display nonprinting characters and see whether the lines end in line or paragraph breaks; if so, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.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. "Sylvia" wrote in message ... I meant .5" on all margins, sorry. I'm concerned because according to the toolbar above the text, the text in my long document shifts one way or the other from paragraph to paragraph and page to page. Any suggestions? Thanks, Sylvia "Rae Drysdale" wrote: Word comes with margin defaults set at around 1.5". You can change this is the Page Setup (File menu). You can decide your own default - mine is 2.5 cm. The ruler should be used if you want to indent paragraphs from the default, but 5" (5 inches?) is not possible if you are using A4 or US letter. Since it is difficult to be very precise with the ruler, you might be better using Format | Paragraph and setting the indent there. Does this help to solve your problem? -- Rae Drysdale "Sylvia" wrote: My left & right text margins vary from page to page though under the overhanging ruler I have "selected all" to assign 5" margins all around. Thanks. |
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To see what's going on, turning on "Tools Options View Text
boundaries" and the Ruler might also help. Regards, Klaus "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Two things affect the width of text: page margins and paragraph indents. If the margins are set to 0.5" on all sides in all sections, then you should examine the deviant paragraphs for left/right indents. If there are none, and the paragraphs have an excessive right margin, display nonprinting characters and see whether the lines end in line or paragraph breaks; if so, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.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. |
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All 3 of you were helpful, but Klaus' suggestion to use the ruler with ALT
helped me realize something I had overlooked. My document is a manuscript to be printed in book form, thus the apparent differences in the margin widths from one (even-numbered) page to another (odd-numbered) page. Thanks so much for your quick and practical advice! "Klaus Linke" wrote: To see what's going on, turning on "Tools Options View Text boundaries" and the Ruler might also help. Regards, Klaus "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Two things affect the width of text: page margins and paragraph indents. If the margins are set to 0.5" on all sides in all sections, then you should examine the deviant paragraphs for left/right indents. If there are none, and the paragraphs have an excessive right margin, display nonprinting characters and see whether the lines end in line or paragraph breaks; if so, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.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. |
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