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MS-Word. How do I add 'tabs' in the margin to show chapter number
I am putting together a manual. I want the number 1 to be printed in a red
box about 3 inches down the page for each page within chapter 1 (could be 20 pages in length). Then, for chapter 2, I want the number 2 to be printed in a blue box about 5 inches down the page for each page in chapter 2 and so on. Each chapter will have its chapter number in a small colored box (ok for boxes to all be black with a white number). Then, then looking at the edge of the manual, I will be able to see where chapter one is, chapter 2, etc. For you VW folks out there... think of the VW Rabbit Bentley manual for an example. Thanks for your help! Steve |
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It's easy enough to insert text boxes with contents as described, but
your printer will probably not be able to print the text boxes close enough to the edge of the page that you can see them by looking at the edge of the manual. Rabbit Farmer wrote: I am putting together a manual. I want the number 1 to be printed in a red box about 3 inches down the page for each page within chapter 1 (could be 20 pages in length). Then, for chapter 2, I want the number 2 to be printed in a blue box about 5 inches down the page for each page in chapter 2 and so on. Each chapter will have its chapter number in a small colored box (ok for boxes to all be black with a white number). Then, then looking at the edge of the manual, I will be able to see where chapter one is, chapter 2, etc. For you VW folks out there... think of the VW Rabbit Bentley manual for an example. Thanks for your help! Steve |
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A better solution is a long skinny table (that is, a single-column,
borderless table with narrow cells). You fill in a different cell in each section. -- 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. "garfield-n-odie" wrote in message ... It's easy enough to insert text boxes with contents as described, but your printer will probably not be able to print the text boxes close enough to the edge of the page that you can see them by looking at the edge of the manual. Rabbit Farmer wrote: I am putting together a manual. I want the number 1 to be printed in a red box about 3 inches down the page for each page within chapter 1 (could be 20 pages in length). Then, for chapter 2, I want the number 2 to be printed in a blue box about 5 inches down the page for each page in chapter 2 and so on. Each chapter will have its chapter number in a small colored box (ok for boxes to all be black with a white number). Then, then looking at the edge of the manual, I will be able to see where chapter one is, chapter 2, etc. For you VW folks out there... think of the VW Rabbit Bentley manual for an example. Thanks for your help! Steve |
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That is a good idea! I didn't think about it that hard because I
thought of the printer limitation first. Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: A better solution is a long skinny table (that is, a single-column, borderless table with narrow cells). You fill in a different cell in each section. |
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Yep, that's why I told the OP I'd describe a method if he could live with
that limitation. -- 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. "garfield-n-odie" wrote in message ... That is a good idea! I didn't think about it that hard because I thought of the printer limitation first. Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: A better solution is a long skinny table (that is, a single-column, borderless table with narrow cells). You fill in a different cell in each section. |
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I will try the route of the table. Thanks.
Steve "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: A better solution is a long skinny table (that is, a single-column, borderless table with narrow cells). You fill in a different cell in each section. -- 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. "garfield-n-odie" wrote in message ... It's easy enough to insert text boxes with contents as described, but your printer will probably not be able to print the text boxes close enough to the edge of the page that you can see them by looking at the edge of the manual. Rabbit Farmer wrote: I am putting together a manual. I want the number 1 to be printed in a red box about 3 inches down the page for each page within chapter 1 (could be 20 pages in length). Then, for chapter 2, I want the number 2 to be printed in a blue box about 5 inches down the page for each page in chapter 2 and so on. Each chapter will have its chapter number in a small colored box (ok for boxes to all be black with a white number). Then, then looking at the edge of the manual, I will be able to see where chapter one is, chapter 2, etc. For you VW folks out there... think of the VW Rabbit Bentley manual for an example. Thanks for your help! Steve |
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Some more details. Create the table in your header. You'll need to wrap it
so it can appear down the side of the page, but it will still be anchored to the header paragraph so it will appear on every page. Once you have it formatted to your satisfaction, unlink the header in each section from the previous ones so that you can shade a different cell in each section. Your best bet is to fill the cell with black shading. If your font color is set to Auto, it will automatically be white (reversed out of your black background). Use a sans serif font, formatted Bold, for best readability. -- 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. "Rabbit Farmer" wrote in message ... I will try the route of the table. Thanks. Steve "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: A better solution is a long skinny table (that is, a single-column, borderless table with narrow cells). You fill in a different cell in each section. -- 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. "garfield-n-odie" wrote in message ... It's easy enough to insert text boxes with contents as described, but your printer will probably not be able to print the text boxes close enough to the edge of the page that you can see them by looking at the edge of the manual. Rabbit Farmer wrote: I am putting together a manual. I want the number 1 to be printed in a red box about 3 inches down the page for each page within chapter 1 (could be 20 pages in length). Then, for chapter 2, I want the number 2 to be printed in a blue box about 5 inches down the page for each page in chapter 2 and so on. Each chapter will have its chapter number in a small colored box (ok for boxes to all be black with a white number). Then, then looking at the edge of the manual, I will be able to see where chapter one is, chapter 2, etc. For you VW folks out there... think of the VW Rabbit Bentley manual for an example. Thanks for your help! Steve |
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On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 16:05:40 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill"
wrote: Some more details. Create the table in your header. You'll need to wrap it so it can appear down the side of the page, but it will still be anchored to the header paragraph so it will appear on every page. Once you have it formatted to your satisfaction, unlink the header in each section from the previous ones so that you can shade a different cell in each section. Your best bet is to fill the cell with black shading. If your font color is set to Auto, it will automatically be white (reversed out of your black background). Use a sans serif font, formatted Bold, for best readability. If you didn't want to unlink the headers, I wonder whether it would be possible to write a complex IF field in each cell to do the job. For instance, the top cell would have something along the lines of IF StyleRef Heading 1 = 1 then AutoText of chapter number in shaded paragraph else Autotext of blank paragraph Bob S |
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