Re: Top margin. Why can't I control it?

Sorry to *** in, but just a thought & I'll *** out:-)

If your logo is designed as a font it may not be a matter of "extra" space
so much as a matter of "default" space. Unless you explicitly designed it to
do otherwise the line spacing for the para your logo is in is set to Single
which translates to leading of 120% of the font size - which in this case is
quite a lot. What happens if you set the line spacing for that para to
Exactly the same size as the logo character... plus maybe a few fractions of
a pt or so?

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 1/15/08 2:50 PM, in article
4179EE35-3728-46F1-93C6-F933184806E1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, "PeterBBailey"
<PeterBBailey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Word is allowing a lot of extra line spacing for your font character. You
have a number of options:

1. Reduce the line spacing until the logo is *almost* truncated.

2. Put the logo in a text box, wrapped, and partly off the page (not a
really great idea).

3. Use a graphic for the logo instead; having a logo as a font character is
not really that great an idea.

4. Redesign the font with less built-in leading.

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

"PeterBBailey" <PeterBBailey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:CAE1433B-0470-445B-8EC9-8007DDD36619@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I want to put in our company logo at the top left of a page. It's a big
character, 156 point. It's using a special logo font I made with a font
program I have. When I type the character in, it's lowered way down on the
page. My page layout is set to top. My top margin is set to what I want
it,
just half an inch or so. I've tried "raising" my font character 60 or 70
points, but, it doesn't do anything. I've changed the font to a standard
Roman font and it still does nothing. Help!

Thanks,
Peter




Thanks, but, none of this works. I have no extra leading at all for this
character. I have no extra paragraph spacing above the paragraph either. I've
already tried importing a picture, but that's a separate nightmare. I'm using
Word 2007 and, I have to say, it's the worst of all of them with regarding to
importing pictures. I used to be able to import an EPS file and scale it to
my liking. Now, when I import my EPS file, even one scaled down to the EXACT
size I want, it displays it 100 times as wide as it really as and 100 times
as short as it really is. And, I can't seem to scale it. So, I've pretty much
given up on Word as a "desktop publishing" engine. I'm considered an "expert"
here at my company with this software, believe it or not, but, I have to hit
Word with a stick every day to make it do what I want. But, here, it's
defeated me. . . .

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