I'm doing an academic paper, and i need 2 inch margins for the abstract, but
1 inch margins for the rest of the paper. How do i change the margins just
for the abstract?

Create two separate documents (if you will be submitting a printed document)
or
Separate the two sections with a section break and format the sections
individually
or
Use paragraph styles with left and right indents

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




azalee wrote:
I'm doing an academic paper, and i need 2 inch margins for the
abstract, but 1 inch margins for the rest of the paper. How do i
change the margins just for the abstract?

The easiest way (and the only good way if the abstract is to be on a page
with other text or with the same header/footer as the rest) is to use a
style with left and right indents; the built-in Block Text style by default
has 1" indents, which would serve your purpose. Unless you need a different
header/footer on the abstract, I would avoid section breaks as adding
needless complexity.

--
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.

"azalee" wrote in message
...
I'm doing an academic paper, and i need 2 inch margins for the abstract,
but
1 inch margins for the rest of the paper. How do i change the margins just
for the abstract?