Hi Folks, yet another small problem I am encountering with headers & footers.
(My op system is windows XP pro & WORD 2000, my night class is using windows
98)
When I get the" House Style Sheet" for various test papers the header &
footer information is always different, ie:sometimes the header needs to
contain canditate name and centre number(alignment centre) automatic file
name (aligned right) Footer may be automatic field date, English format
(alignment left) automatic page number(aligned right)etc.(this always varies
with each test paper)my problem is that I cannot insert most of these items
without the whole thing moving with the insertion of the second requested
alignment.I can acheive the above by a mixture of tabbing and using the space
bar but I dont think the Examiners when my final test comes and they toggle
on the pilcrow to see my formatting will appreciate my method for inserting
required alignments! Can anyone
tell me what I am doing wrong ? I have read the article on using headers &
footers at earthlink.net but it does not seem to address my problem, or maybe
the way I am doing the insertions is ok. Would someone please be kind enough
to put me straight please.
Regards,
..
--
Alasdair

You can set tab stops with the desired alignment (from FormatTabs).
If you need more information about tabs, see
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/SettingTabs.htm.

Alternatively, you can use a single-row table in the header (footer)
with a column for each entry and then format the text of the cells to
have the desired alignment.

--
Stefan Blom


"Alasdair Crockett" wrote
in message ...
Hi Folks, yet another small problem I am encountering with headers &
footers.
(My op system is windows XP pro & WORD 2000, my night class is using
windows
98)
When I get the" House Style Sheet" for various test papers the
header &
footer information is always different, ie:sometimes the header
needs to
contain canditate name and centre number(alignment centre) automatic
file
name (aligned right) Footer may be automatic field date, English
format
(alignment left) automatic page number(aligned right)etc.(this
always varies
with each test paper)my problem is that I cannot insert most of
these items
without the whole thing moving with the insertion of the second
requested
alignment.I can acheive the above by a mixture of tabbing and using
the space
bar but I dont think the Examiners when my final test comes and they
toggle
on the pilcrow to see my formatting will appreciate my method for
inserting
required alignments! Can anyone
tell me what I am doing wrong ? I have read the article on using
headers &
footers at earthlink.net but it does not seem to address my problem,
or maybe
the way I am doing the insertions is ok. Would someone please be
kind enough
to put me straight please.
Regards,
.
--
Alasdair

Thanks Stefan,
Going right now to grab the "Setting Tabs" info. I have my first Proper
Word Exam tonight - 7pm U.K. time, so just in time to do some fast reading :-)
Kindest Regards,
Alasdair.

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

You can set tab stops with the desired alignment (from FormatTabs).
If you need more information about tabs, see
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/SettingTabs.htm.

Alternatively, you can use a single-row table in the header (footer)
with a column for each entry and then format the text of the cells to
have the desired alignment.

--
Stefan Blom


"Alasdair Crockett" wrote
in message ...
Hi Folks, yet another small problem I am encountering with headers &
footers.
(My op system is windows XP pro & WORD 2000, my night class is using
windows
98)
When I get the" House Style Sheet" for various test papers the
header &
footer information is always different, ie:sometimes the header
needs to
contain canditate name and centre number(alignment centre) automatic
file
name (aligned right) Footer may be automatic field date, English
format
(alignment left) automatic page number(aligned right)etc.(this
always varies
with each test paper)my problem is that I cannot insert most of
these items
without the whole thing moving with the insertion of the second
requested
alignment.I can acheive the above by a mixture of tabbing and using
the space
bar but I dont think the Examiners when my final test comes and they
toggle
on the pilcrow to see my formatting will appreciate my method for
inserting
required alignments! Can anyone
tell me what I am doing wrong ? I have read the article on using
headers &
footers at earthlink.net but it does not seem to address my problem,
or maybe
the way I am doing the insertions is ok. Would someone please be
kind enough
to put me straight please.
Regards,
.
--
Alasdair

Look at the formatting of the header and footer styles. They have center
tabs and right tabs set in them by default. This does not involve alignment!
--

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!
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This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
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"Alasdair Crockett" wrote in
message ...
Hi Folks, yet another small problem I am encountering with headers &
footers.
(My op system is windows XP pro & WORD 2000, my night class is using
windows
98)
When I get the" House Style Sheet" for various test papers the header &
footer information is always different, ie:sometimes the header needs to
contain canditate name and centre number(alignment centre) automatic file
name (aligned right) Footer may be automatic field date, English format
(alignment left) automatic page number(aligned right)etc.(this always
varies
with each test paper)my problem is that I cannot insert most of these
items
without the whole thing moving with the insertion of the second requested
alignment.I can acheive the above by a mixture of tabbing and using the
space
bar but I dont think the Examiners when my final test comes and they
toggle
on the pilcrow to see my formatting will appreciate my method for
inserting
required alignments! Can anyone
tell me what I am doing wrong ? I have read the article on using headers &
footers at earthlink.net but it does not seem to address my problem, or
maybe
the way I am doing the insertions is ok. Would someone please be kind
enough
to put me straight please.
Regards,
.
--
Alasdair

That's quite correct but if you have changed the page margins from
Microsoft's defaults, you will need to go into the Headers and Footers
STYLES and change the tab stops for Centre and Right to fit the new page
width.

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/


"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
message ...
: Look at the formatting of the header and footer styles. They have center
: tabs and right tabs set in them by default. This does not involve
alignment!
: --
:
: 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.
:
: "Alasdair Crockett" wrote in
: message ...
: Hi Folks, yet another small problem I am encountering with headers &
: footers.
: (My op system is windows XP pro & WORD 2000, my night class is using
: windows
: 98)
: When I get the" House Style Sheet" for various test papers the header &
: footer information is always different, ie:sometimes the header needs to
: contain canditate name and centre number(alignment centre) automatic
file
: name (aligned right) Footer may be automatic field date, English format
: (alignment left) automatic page number(aligned right)etc.(this always
: varies
: with each test paper)my problem is that I cannot insert most of these
: items
: without the whole thing moving with the insertion of the second
requested
: alignment.I can acheive the above by a mixture of tabbing and using the
: space
: bar but I dont think the Examiners when my final test comes and they
: toggle
: on the pilcrow to see my formatting will appreciate my method for
: inserting
: required alignments! Can anyone
: tell me what I am doing wrong ? I have read the article on using headers
&
: footers at earthlink.net but it does not seem to address my problem, or
: maybe
: the way I am doing the insertions is ok. Would someone please be kind
: enough
: to put me straight please.
: Regards,
: .
: --
: Alasdair
:
:

Thank you both,
(Charles & Terry) I found both your answers of use.
As A little footnote to this : I sat the first part of my Clait Plus exam
last night and got everything just right in the time allowed(thank you guys)
then with 5 minutes to go my night class pc locked up and would not let me
save my work or print it !(I had been making saves all through the 2 hour
period) The tutor could not even fix the problem and in the end he had to
switch off the pc (Alasdair crys here ;-( ) I lost all my work (as would be
Expected on win 98) and even my floppy was scrambled except for original
files but not the new test document! As a cosolation prize I will be allowed
to resit part 1 on Thursday at a different night
school. I just hope the pc's there are better than the one i worked on last
night.
So Thanks again to you all,
Kindest Regards,
Alasdair.
"TF" wrote:

That's quite correct but if you have changed the page margins from
Microsoft's defaults, you will need to go into the Headers and Footers
STYLES and change the tab stops for Centre and Right to fit the new page
width.

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/


"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
message ...
: Look at the formatting of the header and footer styles. They have center
: tabs and right tabs set in them by default. This does not involve
alignment!
: --
:
: 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.
:
: "Alasdair Crockett" wrote in
: message ...
: Hi Folks, yet another small problem I am encountering with headers &
: footers.
: (My op system is windows XP pro & WORD 2000, my night class is using
: windows
: 98)
: When I get the" House Style Sheet" for various test papers the header &
: footer information is always different, ie:sometimes the header needs to
: contain canditate name and centre number(alignment centre) automatic
file
: name (aligned right) Footer may be automatic field date, English format
: (alignment left) automatic page number(aligned right)etc.(this always
: varies
: with each test paper)my problem is that I cannot insert most of these
: items
: without the whole thing moving with the insertion of the second
requested
: alignment.I can acheive the above by a mixture of tabbing and using the
: space
: bar but I dont think the Examiners when my final test comes and they
: toggle
: on the pilcrow to see my formatting will appreciate my method for
: inserting
: required alignments! Can anyone
: tell me what I am doing wrong ? I have read the article on using headers
&
: footers at earthlink.net but it does not seem to address my problem, or
: maybe
: the way I am doing the insertions is ok. Would someone please be kind
: enough
: to put me straight please.
: Regards,
: .
: --
: Alasdair
:
:

Note, you should _not_ be dealing with files on a floppy from within Word.

If you want to be able to use your documents, when working with in Word, act
as if your floppy drive does not exist. (This applies to CDRW/CDR drives as
well.)
Don't use Word to:
Open a document on a floppy
Print a document on a floppy
Edit a document on a floppy
Save a document to a floppy (not even a copy)

Word regularly trashes documents on floppy drives!

Instead, work on the document using your hard drive. Copy it back and forth
using Windows.

I know that for some with shared computers (libraries) this is a tough
prescription. All I can recommend for that is to use a brand new formatted
disk each time you save and don't do any editing.


--

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.

"Alasdair Crockett" wrote in
message ...
Thank you both,
(Charles & Terry) I found both your answers of use.
As A little footnote to this : I sat the first part of my Clait Plus exam
last night and got everything just right in the time allowed(thank you
guys)
then with 5 minutes to go my night class pc locked up and would not let me
save my work or print it !(I had been making saves all through the 2 hour
period) The tutor could not even fix the problem and in the end he had to
switch off the pc (Alasdair crys here ;-( ) I lost all my work (as would
be
Expected on win 98) and even my floppy was scrambled except for original
files but not the new test document! As a cosolation prize I will be
allowed
to resit part 1 on Thursday at a different night
school. I just hope the pc's there are better than the one i worked on
last
night.
So Thanks again to you all,
Kindest Regards,
Alasdair.
"TF" wrote:

That's quite correct but if you have changed the page margins from
Microsoft's defaults, you will need to go into the Headers and Footers
STYLES and change the tab stops for Centre and Right to fit the new page
width.

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/


"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
message ...
: Look at the formatting of the header and footer styles. They have
center
: tabs and right tabs set in them by default. This does not involve
alignment!
: --
:
: 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.
:
: "Alasdair Crockett" wrote in
: message ...
: Hi Folks, yet another small problem I am encountering with headers &
: footers.
: (My op system is windows XP pro & WORD 2000, my night class is using
: windows
: 98)
: When I get the" House Style Sheet" for various test papers the header
&
: footer information is always different, ie:sometimes the header needs
to
: contain canditate name and centre number(alignment centre) automatic
file
: name (aligned right) Footer may be automatic field date, English
format
: (alignment left) automatic page number(aligned right)etc.(this always
: varies
: with each test paper)my problem is that I cannot insert most of these
: items
: without the whole thing moving with the insertion of the second
requested
: alignment.I can acheive the above by a mixture of tabbing and using
the
: space
: bar but I dont think the Examiners when my final test comes and they
: toggle
: on the pilcrow to see my formatting will appreciate my method for
: inserting
: required alignments! Can anyone
: tell me what I am doing wrong ? I have read the article on using
headers
&
: footers at earthlink.net but it does not seem to address my problem,
or
: maybe
: the way I am doing the insertions is ok. Would someone please be kind
: enough
: to put me straight please.
: Regards,
: .
: --
: Alasdair
:
:

Thanks Charles,
I will have to give this one to my tutor:-) as we are told to save
everything to floppy as they are school computers that we use for night
class,and the kids are always trashing them in some way or another!
Regards,
Alasdair.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

Note, you should _not_ be dealing with files on a floppy from within Word.

If you want to be able to use your documents, when working with in Word, act
as if your floppy drive does not exist. (This applies to CDRW/CDR drives as
well.)
Don't use Word to:
Open a document on a floppy
Print a document on a floppy
Edit a document on a floppy
Save a document to a floppy (not even a copy)

Word regularly trashes documents on floppy drives!

Instead, work on the document using your hard drive. Copy it back and forth
using Windows.

I know that for some with shared computers (libraries) this is a tough
prescription. All I can recommend for that is to use a brand new formatted
disk each time you save and don't do any editing.


--

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.

"Alasdair Crockett" wrote in
message ...
Thank you both,
(Charles & Terry) I found both your answers of use.
As A little footnote to this : I sat the first part of my Clait Plus exam
last night and got everything just right in the time allowed(thank you
guys)
then with 5 minutes to go my night class pc locked up and would not let me
save my work or print it !(I had been making saves all through the 2 hour
period) The tutor could not even fix the problem and in the end he had to
switch off the pc (Alasdair crys here ;-( ) I lost all my work (as would
be
Expected on win 98) and even my floppy was scrambled except for original
files but not the new test document! As a cosolation prize I will be
allowed
to resit part 1 on Thursday at a different night
school. I just hope the pc's there are better than the one i worked on
last
night.
So Thanks again to you all,
Kindest Regards,
Alasdair.
"TF" wrote:

That's quite correct but if you have changed the page margins from
Microsoft's defaults, you will need to go into the Headers and Footers
STYLES and change the tab stops for Centre and Right to fit the new page
width.

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/


"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
message ...
: Look at the formatting of the header and footer styles. They have
center
: tabs and right tabs set in them by default. This does not involve
alignment!
: --
:
: 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.
:
: "Alasdair Crockett" wrote in
: message ...
: Hi Folks, yet another small problem I am encountering with headers &
: footers.
: (My op system is windows XP pro & WORD 2000, my night class is using
: windows
: 98)
: When I get the" House Style Sheet" for various test papers the header
&
: footer information is always different, ie:sometimes the header needs
to
: contain canditate name and centre number(alignment centre) automatic
file
: name (aligned right) Footer may be automatic field date, English
format
: (alignment left) automatic page number(aligned right)etc.(this always
: varies
: with each test paper)my problem is that I cannot insert most of these
: items
: without the whole thing moving with the insertion of the second
requested
: alignment.I can acheive the above by a mixture of tabbing and using
the
: space
: bar but I dont think the Examiners when my final test comes and they
: toggle
: on the pilcrow to see my formatting will appreciate my method for
: inserting
: required alignments! Can anyone
: tell me what I am doing wrong ? I have read the article on using
headers
&
: footers at earthlink.net but it does not seem to address my problem,
or
: maybe
: the way I am doing the insertions is ok. Would someone please be kind
: enough
: to put me straight please.
: Regards,
: .
: --
: Alasdair
:
: