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inserting a word document
I have two documents (A and B) with different margins. Document A has 1.5
inch margins and Document B has .5 margins. Document B also contains several tables. I want to insert Document B at the end of Document A. After combining these two documents, I must have a 1.5 inch margin throughout. When doing this, however, my tables look as though they would print off of the page (given that they originally had .5 inch margins). Is there a way for me to bring Document B to Document A (keeping 1.5 margins all of the way around) without it looking like the tables are going to print off the page and without reformatting all of the tables? If Document B was a figure or a pdf file, I would be able to scale the whole document down without losing part of the document or without losing proportions. I do not need the tables or any part of Document B to be editable once it is a part of document A. |
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One way is to make Document A and B separate sections with different
margins. To separate them, insert a section break at the end of document A (insert - break - section break... the kind of break depends on whether you want document B to begin on the same page as document A). Initially, Document B will take on the 1.5" margin. Move the insertion point to document B, choose Format - Page Setup - Margins tab. Set Apply to: to "This section". Set the margins (s) as desired. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. http://www.herbtyson.com "Penny" wrote in message ... I have two documents (A and B) with different margins. Document A has 1.5 inch margins and Document B has .5 margins. Document B also contains several tables. I want to insert Document B at the end of Document A. After combining these two documents, I must have a 1.5 inch margin throughout. When doing this, however, my tables look as though they would print off of the page (given that they originally had .5 inch margins). Is there a way for me to bring Document B to Document A (keeping 1.5 margins all of the way around) without it looking like the tables are going to off the page and without reformatting all of the tables? If Document B was a figure or a pdf file, I would be able to scale the whole document down without losing part of the document or without losing proportions. I do not need the tables or any part of Document B to be editable once it is a part of document A. |
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"After combining these two documents, I must have a 1.5 inch margin throughout" I understand the concept of section breaks - but I cannot have different margins. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: One way is to make Document A and B separate sections with different margins. To separate them, insert a section break at the end of document A (insert - break - section break... the kind of break depends on whether you want document B to begin on the same page as document A). Initially, Document B will take on the 1.5" margin. Move the insertion point to document B, choose Format - Page Setup - Margins tab. Set Apply to: to "This section". Set the margins (s) as desired. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. http://www.herbtyson.com "Penny" wrote in message ... I have two documents (A and B) with different margins. Document A has 1.5 inch margins and Document B has .5 margins. Document B also contains several tables. I want to insert Document B at the end of Document A. After combining these two documents, I must have a 1.5 inch margin throughout. When doing this, however, my tables look as though they would print off of the page (given that they originally had .5 inch margins). Is there a way for me to bring Document B to Document A (keeping 1.5 margins all of the way around) without it looking like the tables are going to off the page and without reformatting all of the tables? If Document B was a figure or a pdf file, I would be able to scale the whole document down without losing part of the document or without losing proportions. I do not need the tables or any part of Document B to be editable once it is a part of document A. |
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Select the table, go to the Table tab of Table | Properties, and set the
preferred width of the table to 100%. This will reduce the table to margin width. Then reduce the font size as needed to scale the table down. For tips, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/FitCopy.htm -- 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. "Penny" wrote in message ... I have two documents (A and B) with different margins. Document A has 1.5 inch margins and Document B has .5 margins. Document B also contains several tables. I want to insert Document B at the end of Document A. After combining these two documents, I must have a 1.5 inch margin throughout. When doing this, however, my tables look as though they would print off of the page (given that they originally had .5 inch margins). Is there a way for me to bring Document B to Document A (keeping 1.5 margins all of the way around) without it looking like the tables are going to off the page and without reformatting all of the tables? If Document B was a figure or a pdf file, I would be able to scale the whole document down without losing part of the document or without losing proportions. I do not need the tables or any part of Document B to be editable once it is a part of document A. |
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I see. I misunderstood "must have" to mean that Word was constraining you.
Suzanne's solution should get you what you want. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. http://www.herbtyson.com "Penny" wrote in message ... "After combining these two documents, I must have a 1.5 inch margin throughout" I understand the concept of section breaks - but I cannot have different margins. |
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