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- The planning of the margins ought not to be considered
- a difficult job. In fact, if you will simply think through
- this procedure step by step, you will realize that figuring
- margin stops is quite easy. The formula for any particular
- line length is the same as for any other. When you compute
- your left and right margins, you are engaged in a short-cut
- form of horizontal centering. As with horizontal centering
- the first thing you must know when you plan margins is your
- center point. Using standard sized paper, the center point
- is fifty on elite machines and forty two for pica machines.
- Once the line length has been determined, it must then
- be divided in half; this is because one half of the line of
- type must go to the left of the center point, with one half
- going to the right of center. Let's assume you are using a
- sixty space line. The first thing you must do is to divide
- sixty by two, the result being thirty. To compute the left
- margin you subtract thirty from the center point. Assuming
- a pica typewriter, you would subtract thirty from forty two
- to obtain a left margin of twelve. The right margin is the
- sum of the center point and thirty--plus five extra spaces.
-