[Kokomojo]

Can someone tell me what Mirror Indents are in the Paragraph Dialog Box
(under paragraph on the Home Tab of the Ribbon)? Is this just a new way to
say Double Indent, the same indent on both the left and right side of a
paragraph? Thanks for any info.

[Jay Freedman]

On Thu, 9 Oct 2008 16:16:00 -0700, Kokomojo
wrote:

Can someone tell me what Mirror Indents are in the Paragraph Dialog Box
(under paragraph on the Home Tab of the Ribbon)? Is this just a new way to
say Double Indent, the same indent on both the left and right side of a
paragraph? Thanks for any info.

No, it isn't a left-and-right indent. (If you need that, apply the Block Text
style.)

Notice that when you check the Mirror Indents box, the labels of the Left and
Right indent fields change to Inside and Outside. This applies the inside indent
on one side of the paragraph on even-numbered pages, and to the other side on
odd-numbered pages. It's supposed to be the paragraph equivalent of the page
margins used when you select "Mirror margins" in the Page Setup dialog.

It would have been nice if this feature got the "inside" and "outside" edges
correct, but it gets them backwards -- the inside indent is applied on the
right, or outside, of odd-numbered pages, and vice versa. :-b To correct for
this, put your inside measurement in the Outside box, and your outside
measurement in the Inside box.


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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Sounds like the reversal is a perpetuation of the same error in "Book fold,"
which also has Inside and Outside reversed.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
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On Thu, 9 Oct 2008 16:16:00 -0700, Kokomojo

wrote:

Can someone tell me what Mirror Indents are in the Paragraph Dialog Box
(under paragraph on the Home Tab of the Ribbon)? Is this just a new way
to
say Double Indent, the same indent on both the left and right side of a
paragraph? Thanks for any info.

No, it isn't a left-and-right indent. (If you need that, apply the Block
Text
style.)

Notice that when you check the Mirror Indents box, the labels of the Left
and
Right indent fields change to Inside and Outside. This applies the inside
indent
on one side of the paragraph on even-numbered pages, and to the other side
on
odd-numbered pages. It's supposed to be the paragraph equivalent of the
page
margins used when you select "Mirror margins" in the Page Setup dialog.

It would have been nice if this feature got the "inside" and "outside"
edges
correct, but it gets them backwards -- the inside indent is applied on the
right, or outside, of odd-numbered pages, and vice versa. :-b To correct
for
this, put your inside measurement in the Outside box, and your outside
measurement in the Inside box.


--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so all may benefit.