I need to make a section of my WORD2000 document landscape format.

In page setup I click on the page layout for the section, but I always get a
message that "Settings you chose for the left and right margins, column
spacing, or paragraph indents are too large for the page width in some
sections."

I don't really understand what is triggering this. I am converting a section
from portrait to landscape, so the page is getting wider. I've tried
adjusting the settings, but have not found the magic formula yet.

Any ideas?

This bogus message can result from a bug in the Columns dialog. Go to Format
| Columns, click the button for One (even if it appears to be selected
already), and make sure it applies to "Whole document." This activates the
"Equal column width" check box, which (by being unchecked) is the cause of
the problem.

This bug has been fixed in recent versions of Word (and older ones by some
SP, I think), but if you are subject to it, then don't ever use the Columns
button on the Formatting toolbar (though it is convenient) but always the
Format | Columns dialog, making sure that "Equal column width" is checked
unless you are intentionally making uneven columns.

--
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.

"webb4789" wrote in message
...
I need to make a section of my WORD2000 document landscape format.

In page setup I click on the page layout for the section, but I always get
a
message that "Settings you chose for the left and right margins, column
spacing, or paragraph indents are too large for the page width in some
sections."

I don't really understand what is triggering this. I am converting a
section
from portrait to landscape, so the page is getting wider. I've tried
adjusting the settings, but have not found the magic formula yet.

Any ideas?

This worked really well - spot on advice. Thanks a lot.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

This bogus message can result from a bug in the Columns dialog. Go to Format
| Columns, click the button for One (even if it appears to be selected
already), and make sure it applies to "Whole document." This activates the
"Equal column width" check box, which (by being unchecked) is the cause of
the problem.

This bug has been fixed in recent versions of Word (and older ones by some
SP, I think), but if you are subject to it, then don't ever use the Columns
button on the Formatting toolbar (though it is convenient) but always the
Format | Columns dialog, making sure that "Equal column width" is checked
unless you are intentionally making uneven columns.

--
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.

"webb4789" wrote in message
...
I need to make a section of my WORD2000 document landscape format.

In page setup I click on the page layout for the section, but I always get
a
message that "Settings you chose for the left and right margins, column
spacing, or paragraph indents are too large for the page width in some
sections."

I don't really understand what is triggering this. I am converting a
section
from portrait to landscape, so the page is getting wider. I've tried
adjusting the settings, but have not found the magic formula yet.

Any ideas?

Glad it helped. I'm never sure in these situations whether it's really the
columns bug or something else I've forgotten about!

--
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.

"webb4789" wrote in message
...
This worked really well - spot on advice. Thanks a lot.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

This bogus message can result from a bug in the Columns dialog. Go to
Format
| Columns, click the button for One (even if it appears to be selected
already), and make sure it applies to "Whole document." This activates
the
"Equal column width" check box, which (by being unchecked) is the cause
of
the problem.

This bug has been fixed in recent versions of Word (and older ones by
some
SP, I think), but if you are subject to it, then don't ever use the
Columns
button on the Formatting toolbar (though it is convenient) but always
the
Format | Columns dialog, making sure that "Equal column width" is
checked
unless you are intentionally making uneven columns.

--
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.

"webb4789" wrote in message
...
I need to make a section of my WORD2000 document landscape format.

In page setup I click on the page layout for the section, but I always
get
a
message that "Settings you chose for the left and right margins,
column
spacing, or paragraph indents are too large for the page width in some
sections."

I don't really understand what is triggering this. I am converting a
section
from portrait to landscape, so the page is getting wider. I've tried
adjusting the settings, but have not found the magic formula yet.

Any ideas?