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Header, full width with logo and address
he4Hello,
Word 2003, Windows XP Pro I am trying to create a template for letters, documents, etc. I want a solid blue bar going across the top with a logo on the far left and address on the far right. When I try to do this in the header/footer, I can't modifiy the position or the contents. If I make the page margins zero so the blue bar goes across the page, it affects the content as well. When I try to cut and paste or insert the logo into the header, I have problems. I have it looking the way I want it by using a frame, but it doesn't repeat on next pages. This is so easy to do in PPT but on Word I can't figure it out. I have seen other companys with this type of letterhead. I looked through all the tutorials and they don't really address this: 1. How do I edit header to go full width of page with background color? 2. How do I add an image to that header on the left hand side 3. How do I add adress info at the top right of page 4. How do I choose to have this repeated throughout the document, or how do I have this on page one and a different one on second page |
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Answer: Header, full width with logo and address
Hi there!
Creating a custom letterhead in Word can be a bit tricky, but I'm here to help you out. Here are the steps to achieve the design you're looking for:
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1- Unless you have a printer driver installed that allows for "edge-to-edge"
printing, you can't. Word must observe the minimum margins dictated by the printer driver. (I'm not even sure that edge-to-edge is allowable for the Header/Footer only, which would cause layout problems for the rest of the document.) That type of page layout work really should employ a full bleed, for which you need a DTP program such as InDesign, QuarkXpress, or even Publisher. 2- Make sure you are in ViewHeader and Footer, then go to InsertPictureFrom file. Apply Text WrapBehind Text from the Picture Toolbar. 3- In the Header, press Tab twice (although the text you type will be Flush Right aligned, which may not be what you want. If not , set the appropriate type of Tab and go from there. 4- You need do nothing more to have the content of Headers & Footers appear on every page, that happens automatically. For alternatives, use the Page Setup button and the others on the Header and Footer toolbar. Good Luck |:) "whiz-bang" wrote: he4Hello, Word 2003, Windows XP Pro I am trying to create a template for letters, documents, etc. I want a solid blue bar going across the top with a logo on the far left and address on the far right. When I try to do this in the header/footer, I can't modifiy the position or the contents. If I make the page margins zero so the blue bar goes across the page, it affects the content as well. When I try to cut and paste or insert the logo into the header, I have problems. I have it looking the way I want it by using a frame, but it doesn't repeat on next pages. This is so easy to do in PPT but on Word I can't figure it out. I have seen other companys with this type of letterhead. I looked through all the tutorials and they don't really address this: 1. How do I edit header to go full width of page with background color? 2. How do I add an image to that header on the left hand side 3. How do I add adress info at the top right of page 4. How do I choose to have this repeated throughout the document, or how do I have this on page one and a different one on second page |
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You may want to look at my articles at
http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/Letterhead.htm and http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/HeaderFooter.htm for more information on these subjects, but here are a few tips: 1. A header is intended to repeat every page. Unless you have selected "Different first page" on the Layout tab of Page Setup (so that you're actually working in the First Page Header), everything that you put in the header (which includes drawing objects anchored to the header paragraph) will repeat on every page. Drawing objects with wrapping set to anything other than In Line With Text can be placed anywhere on the page. 2. You don't need to change the page margins; you can use negative indents to make the header area wider (set a negative amount for the left and right indents in Format | Paragraph). Alternatively, you can use a table extending beyond the margins, and of course wrapped drawing objects can be placed anywhere. Keep in mind, however, that whatever you put within a quarter inch or so of the edge of the page will probably not print, as most printers cannot print clear to the edge. The letterhead you see that has colored areas all the way to the edge (this is called "full bleed") was probably professionally printed; commercial printers print on oversized paper and then trim the edges. -- 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. "whiz-bang" wrote in message ... he4Hello, Word 2003, Windows XP Pro I am trying to create a template for letters, documents, etc. I want a solid blue bar going across the top with a logo on the far left and address on the far right. When I try to do this in the header/footer, I can't modifiy the position or the contents. If I make the page margins zero so the blue bar goes across the page, it affects the content as well. When I try to cut and paste or insert the logo into the header, I have problems. I have it looking the way I want it by using a frame, but it doesn't repeat on next pages. This is so easy to do in PPT but on Word I can't figure it out. I have seen other companys with this type of letterhead. I looked through all the tutorials and they don't really address this: 1. How do I edit header to go full width of page with background color? 2. How do I add an image to that header on the left hand side 3. How do I add adress info at the top right of page 4. How do I choose to have this repeated throughout the document, or how do I have this on page one and a different one on second page |
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See previous answers. You generally can't print from edge to edge. This is a
limitation of printers rather than Word. You can put your logo and other information into a text box or can change the paragraph indents (to negative indents) in the first-page header. Take a look at: How to set up letterhead or some other document where you want one header on the first page and a different header on other pages. http://www.addbalance.com/word/headersfooters.htm This gives step-by-step instructions. (It also has the following links) Some other pages to look at: Letterhead Tips and Instructions http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/Letterhead.htm Letterhead Textboxes and Styles tutorial http://addbalance.com/word/download....StylesTutorial Template Basics http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm How to Create a Template - Part 2 - essential reading http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart2.htm Word "Forms" http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordw...rces.htm#Forms and Word for Word Perfect Users http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordperfect.htm if you are coming from a WP environment (or even if you are not). If you are interested in creating templates that will work with the letter wizard or use that wizard, you should look at the chapter on Advanced Document Formatting in Using Office 2003 (or whatever your version is), Special Edition, by Ed Bott and Woody Leonhard. It has detailed instructions including instructions on getting the fields you want from your Outlook Contacts for addressing a letter. (Chapter 19 of SE Using Office 2003) You should be able to get this through your public library or at Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/IS...ncecheckbookA/ Finally, take a look at the letter templates that come with Word. While they are no great shakes as letterhead, they do use styles and AutoText lists very well. If you use the same style names that are used in those templates in your own letterhead for the same parts of the document, you will have better luck with using the built-in AutoText entries in Word. Hope this helps, -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "whiz-bang" wrote in message ... he4Hello, Word 2003, Windows XP Pro I am trying to create a template for letters, documents, etc. I want a solid blue bar going across the top with a logo on the far left and address on the far right. When I try to do this in the header/footer, I can't modifiy the position or the contents. If I make the page margins zero so the blue bar goes across the page, it affects the content as well. When I try to cut and paste or insert the logo into the header, I have problems. I have it looking the way I want it by using a frame, but it doesn't repeat on next pages. This is so easy to do in PPT but on Word I can't figure it out. I have seen other companys with this type of letterhead. I looked through all the tutorials and they don't really address this: 1. How do I edit header to go full width of page with background color? 2. How do I add an image to that header on the left hand side 3. How do I add adress info at the top right of page 4. How do I choose to have this repeated throughout the document, or how do I have this on page one and a different one on second page |
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