Re: Dynamic Word Template

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Hi Yogurt Man,

An image formatted to Layout: Square and anchored in the first page footer but placed to the lower right corner wraps text around itself, which would permit a signature to the left on short letters, and not run text through the image in long letters. But that system also means that in long letters, that space to the left of the image gets used for half-width paragraphs. That may or may not be acceptable to you. For pre-printed letterhead, you would need to use an empty text box with no outline in place of an image.

I'm not coming up with anything better than that, but someone else may, and more easily because they have a sense of the document you are dealing with.

I suggest it's not the route because people do all sorts of crazy things with margins attempting to get letterhead, and usually it is the wrong route. :) For instance, to actually change the *margins* in a Word document, you need section breaks, and text won't flow through section breaks. So the whole idea of having a margin on one page and a different margin on the second page is *always* the wrong route for letterhead, because Word uses different features to accomplish that within a letter.

Your general approach might be the best way to deal with a logo on just one side of the paper. But instead of margin you would need the size of the first page footer to be dynamic, a larger first page footer pushes the text out of the way without interfering with the flow of text across a page. It's probably possible to write a macro that checks the page numbers and then sets the size of the first page footer whenever anyone hits Save or Print--though I don't know how. You could ask in a programming group if no one gives you one here, and if you are willing to deal with macros.

General information on setting up letterhead here, if you are curious:
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Letterhead.htm

Daiya


The Yogurt Man wrote:
This does have to do with letterhead. Our non-profit organization has letterhead with a large graphic in the lower right hand of the page. For one-page letters, signatures fit nicely in the space to the left of the graphic with a 1" margin (and removes the need for multiple pages). However if the letter goes to two pages, the margin needs to bump up on the first page, or text would run through it.

Why do you suggest this is probably NOT the route. Or what other options would you suggest?



"Daiya Mitchell" wrote:

Can you explain why this is necessary? Saying a bit about the ultimate goal you need to achieve will help people determine the best route to get there.

For instance, if this has something to do with letterhead, a dynamic margin is probably NOT the route. :)

The Yogurt Man wrote:
How would I go about creating a dynamic Microsoft Word template (for both Mac and PC) that changes the bottom margin of the first page depending on the length of the document (which would be determined as someone was typing). For instance, if the document ends up being one page in length, the bottom margin of the front page would be 1". If the document ends up being more than one page in length, the bottom margin of the front page would be 1.875" and all subsequent pages would have a bottom margin of 1".
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