You're positive there are no section breaks? When the insertion point is in
the last paragraph of the document you're copying, the status bar says "Sec
1"? What you describe sounds like the work of section breaks.

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"Theresa" wrote in message
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I must be an idiot. None of this is solving the problem. If it matters, I
am
using Word 2003 and my operating system is Windows XP Pro.

Whether or not I copy and paste all but the last paragraph of a document
into my original letter, my original letter's margins are not retained. I
tried copy/paste of all but the last word in a paragraph just in case the
end
of all paragraphs mattered, and it didn't work. Part of the document used
the
transferred doc's margins and part used the original letter's margins.
I've
tried using several different test doc as the ones pasted it. (There are
no
section breaks in either document.)

My chief concern is that I am setting this up for others to be able to
copy
other documents into and even their changing two margins is too much. They
don't want to do anything but cut and paste their documents in. Is this
even
possilbe? I'm so frustrated.

Any other ideas? Could I possible have some of my settings wrong?? I can't
see that I do but I've got to be missing something.

Thanks for the continued comments.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I think probably a review of
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...thSections.htm would be
helpful.
Two things to keep in mind:

1. If you copy/paste text that includes the last paragraph in the
document,
this is the same as pasting text that includes a section break: it will
contain page layout information, including margins.

2. If you paste in text from the Web, it will often have line breaks
that
cause lines to end short of your margins. If you don't have nonprinting
characters and text boundaries displayed, you might interpret this as
meaning that the margins had changed. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CleanWebText.htm for tips on
dealing
with it.

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Theresa" wrote in message
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I've seen your site, Suzanne, and had hoped you'd respond. It sounds
like
the
margins shouldn't change as a rule when copying in other text with
different
margins. Still don't know how to fix it though.

There are not section breaks or special marks in the copy I'm pasting
in.
Just think of your average person that is hitting the enter key at the
end
of
a paragraph to start a new paragraph. I am setting this up for
multiple
people to use.

I'm pasting in copy from other miscellaneous letters that have
different
margins than the margin I want. Sometimes it works, sometimes it
doesn't.

Additional thoughts?
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Unless you're pasting in text that contains section breaks (or the
final
paragraph mark), the margins (and the rest of the page layout)
should
remain
unchanged.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Theresa" wrote in message
...
(sorry if this is a repeat. First timer and I don't think my
posting
went
through)

I created electronic letterhead with logo artwork inserted across
the
top
of
the page (margins are 0). I then set margins for the bodycopy and
saved
the
file. However, if someone copies and pastes copy to replace the
existing
bodycopy, the margins don't always stay the same. Is there a way
to
insert
new copy without having to alter the margin each time?

I've also tried inserting the logo artwork as the header and using
a
text
box for the bodycopy, but the body copy margins still are not
permanent.

Help. I can't figure it out for the life of me.