Greetings !

I have a page that is in columns and landscape orientation.

I want it in Portrait orientation - but when I try to change it, I get a
message:
"Settings you chose for the left & right
margins, column spacing or paragraph
indents are too large for the page width
in some sections"

....and it will not allow me to change things to suit !

Would SKS please PLEASE advise me how I can resolve this tiresome
predicament ?!?!

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Regards

Robin

Go to Format | Columns, make sure "Whole document" is selected, and click
the button for One (even if it's already selected), then OK.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Robin Clay" Robin_B DOT Clay AT virgin.net wrote in message
...
Greetings !

I have a page that is in columns and landscape orientation.

I want it in Portrait orientation - but when I try to change it, I get a
message:
"Settings you chose for the left & right
margins, column spacing or paragraph
indents are too large for the page width
in some sections"

...and it will not allow me to change things to suit !

Would SKS please PLEASE advise me how I can resolve this tiresome
predicament ?!?!

--
Regards

Robin

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" was so kind as to write:

Go to Format | Columns, make sure "Whole document" is selected, and click
the button for One (even if it's already selected), then OK.

Alas! That was one of the first things I tried. I doesn't work.

Nor does changing the margins.

Nor does formatting the paragraphs.

(All with entire text selected, and opting for "entire document")

Sorry - but thanks for trying !

--
Regards

Robin

Could it be that the 'columns' are actually a Table with the Gridlines off?

Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 4/19/06 6:27 PM, in article
, "Robin Clay" Robin_B
DOT Clay AT virgin.net wrote:




"Suzanne S. Barnhill" was so kind as to write:

Go to Format | Columns, make sure "Whole document" is selected, and click
the button for One (even if it's already selected), then OK.

Alas! That was one of the first things I tried. I doesn't work.

Nor does changing the margins.

Nor does formatting the paragraphs.

(All with entire text selected, and opting for "entire document")

Sorry - but thanks for trying !

Thank you for responding,
but No, it is definitely in columns.

When I try to adjust the column width,
it automatically re-sets it to what it was
before, when I move the cursor to the "OK" box.

Adjusting the margins also doesn't work,
for they, too, are automatically re-set.

And similarly with the paragraph indents.

I have "selected all" and pasted it
into another document - but if I
paste "format and all", then the column
format is copied as well, and the orientation.

If I paste just the text, then I lose
the Bold and Italic as well.


Try it yourself ! Set up some text on a landscape page, format it into
columns (one column), and then try to change it to Portrait, and see what
happens !


--
Regards

Robin


"CyberTaz" wrote:

Could it be that the 'columns' are actually a Table with the Gridlines off?

Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 4/19/06 6:27 PM, in article
, "Robin Clay" Robin_B
DOT Clay AT virgin.net wrote:




"Suzanne S. Barnhill" was so kind as to write:

Go to Format | Columns, make sure "Whole document" is selected, and click
the button for One (even if it's already selected), then OK.

Alas! That was one of the first things I tried. I doesn't work.

Nor does changing the margins.

Nor does formatting the paragraphs.

(All with entire text selected, and opting for "entire document")

Sorry - but thanks for trying !

If you'd like to send a sample, I'll take a look at it. Be sure to describe
the problem in the covering email and use a subject line that doesn't look
like spam.

--
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.

"Robin Clay" Robin_B DOT Clay AT virgin.net wrote in message
...
Thank you for responding,
but No, it is definitely in columns.

When I try to adjust the column width,
it automatically re-sets it to what it was
before, when I move the cursor to the "OK" box.

Adjusting the margins also doesn't work,
for they, too, are automatically re-set.

And similarly with the paragraph indents.

I have "selected all" and pasted it
into another document - but if I
paste "format and all", then the column
format is copied as well, and the orientation.

If I paste just the text, then I lose
the Bold and Italic as well.


Try it yourself ! Set up some text on a landscape page, format it into
columns (one column), and then try to change it to Portrait, and see what
happens !


--
Regards

Robin


"CyberTaz" wrote:

Could it be that the 'columns' are actually a Table with the Gridlines
off?

Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 4/19/06 6:27 PM, in article
, "Robin Clay"
Robin_B
DOT Clay AT virgin.net wrote:




"Suzanne S. Barnhill" was so kind as to write:

Go to Format | Columns, make sure "Whole document" is selected, and
click
the button for One (even if it's already selected), then OK.

Alas! That was one of the first things I tried. I doesn't work.

Nor does changing the margins.

Nor does formatting the paragraphs.

(All with entire text selected, and opting for "entire document")

Sorry - but thanks for trying !

Suzanne wrote:

change the number of columns to 2,
check the "Equal column width" box, then change it back to 1.

I've had another go at it, and - YES! - it now is in Portrait !

Thank you very much indeed !


Regards

Robin
In Dorset, UK

--
Regards

Robin

Glad we got there in the end.

--
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.

"Robin Clay" Robin_B DOT Clay AT virgin.net wrote in message
...
Suzanne wrote:

change the number of columns to 2,
check the "Equal column width" box, then change it back to 1.

I've had another go at it, and - YES! - it now is in Portrait !

Thank you very much indeed !


Regards

Robin
In Dorset, UK

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Regards

Robin