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Section Breaks
I posted earlier, but I guess I wasn't clear on my
problem, so none of the suggestions I receieved have worked. I'll try to word it better here. I need to create a document with a different first page header AND margins. A different first page header can be created by going to Page Setup, Layout, Different First Page. The margins is where I am having a problem. This is a document that will appear as only one page, unless additional pages are needed, so keep that in mind. In other words, it should only create as a one page document unless you run over. Now, if that DOES happen, I need to have the header not be on the 2nd or subsequent pages. As I said, that problem is solved. BUT, I need the 2nd and subsequent pages to be a lesser margin. Normally, a section break would solve this problem. If I insert a section break on the first page, my insertion point goes BEFORE the section break, meaning that each time I type, the section break is moved, so if it moves into the 2nd page, all of the formatting (header, margins) also move into the 2nd page. If I could somehow get my insertion point to go AFTER the section break, this would work perfectly. If anyone has any ideas, please feel free to email me at the above address. Please place the words SECTION BREAKS in the subject line, so I will know the nature of the email. Thanks so greatly in advance!!!! Sherry Akins Rome, Georgia |
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Hi Sherry
The trick is to set the margins in the document for the smaller margins, and then to force extra space on the first page header (either a paragraph spaced appropriately for extra depth, or a text box anchored in the first page header to hold space down the side margin). Suzanne Barnhill explains it in detail he http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/Letterhead.htm Note that you do *not* want to insert a section break, either explicitly or as a side effect of attempting to choose different margins 'from this point forward'. -- Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP Syntagma partnership site: http://www.syntagma.co.uk Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org "Sherry" wrote in message ... I posted earlier, but I guess I wasn't clear on my problem, so none of the suggestions I receieved have worked. I'll try to word it better here. I need to create a document with a different first page header AND margins. A different first page header can be created by going to Page Setup, Layout, Different First Page. The margins is where I am having a problem. This is a document that will appear as only one page, unless additional pages are needed, so keep that in mind. In other words, it should only create as a one page document unless you run over. Now, if that DOES happen, I need to have the header not be on the 2nd or subsequent pages. As I said, that problem is solved. BUT, I need the 2nd and subsequent pages to be a lesser margin. Normally, a section break would solve this problem. If I insert a section break on the first page, my insertion point goes BEFORE the section break, meaning that each time I type, the section break is moved, so if it moves into the 2nd page, all of the formatting (header, margins) also move into the 2nd page. If I could somehow get my insertion point to go AFTER the section break, this would work perfectly. If anyone has any ideas, please feel free to email me at the above address. Please place the words SECTION BREAKS in the subject line, so I will know the nature of the email. Thanks so greatly in advance!!!! Sherry Akins Rome, Georgia |
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