[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Did you read the referenced article? Also, make sure that there are no empty
paragraphs in your footer. This is easily determined by displaying
nonprinting characters.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Terri" wrote in message
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I asked for confirmation of the margin settings because after changing the
margins as you suggested the text is still showing up as 2 inches from the
bottom of the page.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Did you read the part where I said, "If you want a 1" bottom margin for
the
body"? I thought that implied that the bottom margin would remain at 1".
But
also see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BottomLine.htm

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Words into Type
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"Terri" wrote in message
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Do I leave the page margin at 1" as well?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The 1" footer margin puts the *bottom* of the footer at 1", which
means
that
the page number pushes up into the body text. If you want a 1"
bottom
margin
for the body, you need to set the footer margin sufficiently smaller
to
allow for the height of the page number. If the page number is
12-point
Times New Roman, that means you need to allow a minimum of 14.4
points.
Since 1" = 72 points, that means that the footer margin should be no
more
than 0.8" (14.4 points = 0.2").

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Terri" wrote in message
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I have Layout, From edge, Footer, 1" and Margins, Bottom 1" which
I
assumed
would print the Footer at 1" but that is not what is happening.
The
Footer
is just a centered page number so there is no additional content
that
is
pushing up the footer. So is that what you mean?

"Jezebel" wrote:

Go to the Layout tab on the Page Setup dialog. Set the Footer
'From
edge'
value. That's the distance from the bottom of the paper to the
bottom of
the
footer text. (To be precise, to the bottom of the text plus any
'Space
after' value for your footer style.)

The bottom margin you've been setting is the distance from the
bottom of
the
paper to the bottom of the body text; but Word increases the
value
as
necessary so your text doesn't over run the footer. You normally
want
the
bottom margin value to be sufficiently larger than the footer
value
to
allow
for the height of the footer plus the distance between the
footer
and
the
text.




"Terri" wrote in message
...
The dissertation style requires the bottom margin be 1 inch
from
the
bottom
of the page, and the page number be at the top of the 1 inch
bottom
margin,
so it is 1 inch from the bottom of the page. I have set the
Footer
Margin
in
Page Setup to 1 inch, and the Page margin to 1 inch which I
thought
was
the
right way to set the margin to get the required margin.
However,
now
I
have
a 2 inch margin at the page number and the text starts one
line
directly
above the page number. What is the right way to get the
bottom
margin
I
need? Are there other settings within Word, printer settings
or
??
that
could affect the footer margin?

I've checked the usual Help commands and Assistance as well as
Knowledge
Base and haven't found an answer.