Re: Margins & Headers

From: Suzanne S. Barnhill (sbarnhill_at_mvps.org)
Date: 01/18/05 

Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 13:35:39 -0600

"Different first page" *does* solve the problem because you can make the
header large enough to push your margin down. See
http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/Letterhead.htm 

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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"Sherry" <sakins@floydobe.net> wrote in message
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> Ok, here goes again. I have a one-page document that has
> a header. If the page extends into a 2nd or 3rd page, I
> do not want a header on subsequent pages.  The 1st page
> top margin needs to be set at 2.25, while subsequent
> pages (if they appear) need a top margin of 1.25. It
> seems I can solve these two problems, but not at the same
> time. I can elect for a different first page header by
> going to Page Setup-->Layout-->Different First Page
> Header.  That does not solve the problem of a different
> top margin. That I tried to solve by putting in a section
> break immediately after the header on the first page.
> That will work to a degree in that I can then make the
> 2nd and subsequent pages have a different top margin.
> However, placement of the section break means that when a
> user opens the document and begins to type, the insertion
> point comes BEFORE the hidden section break, thereby
> moving the section break down the page as typing
> commences, and therefore formatting the 2nd page same as
> the first.
>
> I have been told many numerous remedies, mostly to either
> insert a paragraph on the first page for the extra space,
> or to use a text box. Neither case is sufficient for what
> my users need. They need for the insertion point to be at
> the EXACT location that they need to begin typing without
> changing any of the formatting.  Surely as powerful an
> application as Word is, there must be a way to handle
> something this simple.
>
> This document is actually a letterhead that I have
> created with my logo, etc within the Header of the first
> page.  If I do not place the logo in the Header and place
> it in the document as an object instead, the insertion
> point comes before the object, making everything move
> down.  My users are not computer literate and would not
> know how to change a header, or how to move their
> insertion point.
>
> The biggest test comes from a user who is several steps
> above me on the chain of command, so I must satisfy his
> desires on this letterhead at all costs..lol....He
> creates his document as a plain document, then cuts and
> pastes it onto the letterhead.  I know this is crazy and
> useless, but try to tell him that.  Anyway, with the logo
> as an object, the cut and paste moves the object down the
> page and the text he pastes sort of goes into the middle
> of the object.
>
> Other users simply open the template and begin typing but
> again, the insertion point moves the section break.
>
> Help!!! Pulling my hair out over this one!  Please feel
> free to email me if you can offer any further suggestions!

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