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Text box in header
I am working in Word 2002 and have a problem with a letterhead template. I
need the left margin on page 1 to be wider than the margin for the rest of the document and have placed a text box in the first page header to compensate. I realize this causes problems when people use the template and try to indent properly on the first page. Is there any way to work around this problem besides redesigning the letterhead? I have suggested continuous section breaks, etc. but that seems like a very clunky fix. Thanks for your help, Ricki |
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The way you're handling this is the commonly recommended and IMO the best
way. As you say, it does cause problems with indents and hanging indents. FWIW, the Bullets and Numbering buttons on the Formatting toolbar do cause paragraphs to indent as expected. Moreover, the number formatting can be customized not to include numbering, and the indents can be monkeyed with, so there are devious workarounds, but I would not regard any of these as worth recommending. -- 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. "Ricki Miles" wrote in message ... I am working in Word 2002 and have a problem with a letterhead template. I need the left margin on page 1 to be wider than the margin for the rest of the document and have placed a text box in the first page header to compensate. I realize this causes problems when people use the template and try to indent properly on the first page. Is there any way to work around this problem besides redesigning the letterhead? I have suggested continuous section breaks, etc. but that seems like a very clunky fix. Thanks for your help, Ricki |
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Thanks for the info,
Ricki "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... The way you're handling this is the commonly recommended and IMO the best way. As you say, it does cause problems with indents and hanging indents. FWIW, the Bullets and Numbering buttons on the Formatting toolbar do cause paragraphs to indent as expected. Moreover, the number formatting can be customized not to include numbering, and the indents can be monkeyed with, so there are devious workarounds, but I would not regard any of these as worth recommending. -- 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. "Ricki Miles" wrote in message ... I am working in Word 2002 and have a problem with a letterhead template. I need the left margin on page 1 to be wider than the margin for the rest of the document and have placed a text box in the first page header to compensate. I realize this causes problems when people use the template and try to indent properly on the first page. Is there any way to work around this problem besides redesigning the letterhead? I have suggested continuous section breaks, etc. but that seems like a very clunky fix. Thanks for your help, Ricki |
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