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- From: pf@bilbo.bio.purdue.edu (Paul Furbacher)
- Subject: Re: Margin on second page in Word for Windows
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- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 07:03:58 GMT
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- > THOMASG@epx.cis.umn.edu (Thomas D. Gasser) writes:
- > ...
- > : Is there any way to automaticly change the margins for the second page? We
- > : use letterhead for the first page (3" margin) and plain paper (1" margin)
- > : for the second.
-
-
- I'm joining this thread a bit late, therefore I might
- suggest something which has already been said.
-
- Commonly, when the first page starts at an offset down
- from the document-wide top margin -- such as with letter
- head, or chapter beginnings in thesis formats -- it is
- most efficient to leave the margin alone and vary
- either the *line height* or the *before* setting for the
- first paragraph on the first page. In your situation,
- the first paragraph is the first line of the address of
- the person to whom you are writing. Make a style for
- exactly that situation and once it's done in one letter,
- it will be a mindless exercize to do it in any future
- letters which use letter head.
-
- Our letter head requires an offset of an additional 1.5"
- from the top margin (1"). Therefore, I defined the "LetterHead"
- style to have a Format|Paragraph description of "line spacing:
- exactly" with "At:" set to 1.5". It's formalized as a
- style in the template. If you don't want to add it to
- the template, keep at least one dummy letter around with
- this style and merge that dummy's styles the first thing
- you do before typing the new letter.
-
- What, you don't use styles? Hopefully, you do. If you
- don't, you ought to just dust off the typewriter. Don't
- spend another dime on wordprocessor upgrades.
-
- PF
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