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Reducing Space Between Header and Text
Earlier today, I wrote the following:
I've completed writing a business letter that looks awkward because there is too much space between the header and the text. The first line of text has only the date on it. I tried moving it up by placing the cursor to the left of the J in July. I can't move it up any more on the page. Is my problem lie in the vertical length of my header? I tried setting my margins for .25 inch on each side of the page, but to no avail. What steps must I take to move the body of text higher on the page to be closer to the header? Thanks in advance. Suzanne (MS Tech Support) wrote the following response: "Four things to check on: 1. Top margin: This has nothing to do with where the header is, which is determined by the header margin. 2. Spacing After applied to the header paragraph (Format | Paragraph). 3. Spacing Before applied to the date paragraph. 4. Center justification instead of Top (Layout tab of Page Setup)" Unfortunately, none of these suggestions corrected the problem. I wonder now if the vertical length of the header is too great and there's too many unused lines in the header. If this is the case, how do I correct this? If not, what other solutions can I try? Thanks. |
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Answer: Reducing Space Between Header and Text
If none of the previous suggestions worked, it's possible that the vertical length of the header is indeed too great. Here's what you can do to correct this:
This should move the header up and reduce the space between the header and the text. If this doesn't work, you can try adjusting the header margin. Here's how:
This should also reduce the space between the header and the text. If neither of these solutions work, you can try adjusting the spacing before the date paragraph. Here's how:
This should move the text closer to the header. I hope one of these solutions works for you!
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Reducing Space Between Header and Text
Click on the Show/Hide (¶) button which will show you if there are empty
paragraphs in the Header. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "Robert Lehrer" wrote in message ... Earlier today, I wrote the following: I've completed writing a business letter that looks awkward because there is too much space between the header and the text. The first line of text has only the date on it. I tried moving it up by placing the cursor to the left of the J in July. I can't move it up any more on the page. Is my problem lie in the vertical length of my header? I tried setting my margins for .25 inch on each side of the page, but to no avail. What steps must I take to move the body of text higher on the page to be closer to the header? Thanks in advance. Suzanne (MS Tech Support) wrote the following response: "Four things to check on: 1. Top margin: This has nothing to do with where the header is, which is determined by the header margin. 2. Spacing After applied to the header paragraph (Format | Paragraph). 3. Spacing Before applied to the date paragraph. 4. Center justification instead of Top (Layout tab of Page Setup)" Unfortunately, none of these suggestions corrected the problem. I wonder now if the vertical length of the header is too great and there's too many unused lines in the header. If this is the case, how do I correct this? If not, what other solutions can I try? Thanks. |
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Reducing Space Between Header and Text
You might want to look at
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HeaderFooter.htm for clarification about the interaction of the header and top margins, but I think what you're asking is whether there are empty paragraphs in the header that are pushing the top margin down. If so, you can easily see these (represented by ¶) if you display nonprinting characters (by pressing Ctrl+* or clicking the Show/Hide ¶ button). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Robert Lehrer" wrote in message ... Earlier today, I wrote the following: I've completed writing a business letter that looks awkward because there is too much space between the header and the text. The first line of text has only the date on it. I tried moving it up by placing the cursor to the left of the J in July. I can't move it up any more on the page. Is my problem lie in the vertical length of my header? I tried setting my margins for .25 inch on each side of the page, but to no avail. What steps must I take to move the body of text higher on the page to be closer to the header? Thanks in advance. Suzanne (MS Tech Support) wrote the following response: "Four things to check on: 1. Top margin: This has nothing to do with where the header is, which is determined by the header margin. 2. Spacing After applied to the header paragraph (Format | Paragraph). 3. Spacing Before applied to the date paragraph. 4. Center justification instead of Top (Layout tab of Page Setup)" Unfortunately, none of these suggestions corrected the problem. I wonder now if the vertical length of the header is too great and there's too many unused lines in the header. If this is the case, how do I correct this? If not, what other solutions can I try? Thanks. |
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Please do not post the same question separately to multiple newsgroups. I
have now discovered that you had already received the same response in the other newsgroup to which you posted this question. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "Robert Lehrer" wrote in message ... Earlier today, I wrote the following: I've completed writing a business letter that looks awkward because there is too much space between the header and the text. The first line of text has only the date on it. I tried moving it up by placing the cursor to the left of the J in July. I can't move it up any more on the page. Is my problem lie in the vertical length of my header? I tried setting my margins for .25 inch on each side of the page, but to no avail. What steps must I take to move the body of text higher on the page to be closer to the header? Thanks in advance. Suzanne (MS Tech Support) wrote the following response: "Four things to check on: 1. Top margin: This has nothing to do with where the header is, which is determined by the header margin. 2. Spacing After applied to the header paragraph (Format | Paragraph). 3. Spacing Before applied to the date paragraph. 4. Center justification instead of Top (Layout tab of Page Setup)" Unfortunately, none of these suggestions corrected the problem. I wonder now if the vertical length of the header is too great and there's too many unused lines in the header. If this is the case, how do I correct this? If not, what other solutions can I try? Thanks. |
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