footers

Hi,

I'm trying to better understand how footers are laid
out. My document is set up using mirror pages, with a
different first page & different odd & even. My left
margin is 3 cm and my right is 2 cm.

Above my footer is a border which extends to about 1.5 cm
from each page edge, which means it extends beyond the
text margins.

On my odd pages I have the name of the document aligned
left and the section/ page number aligned (right tab) to
the right. On my even page I just have the section/page
number aligned to the left.

At some point the alignment of my footeres got a little
out-of-whack so that on my even pages the left indent is -
1.5 cm and the right is -1.68, and the odd pages are
indented left -1.75 cm and right -0.26.

The problem I'm having is that I'd like the border on the
text to align to the left or the right in the same place
on both my odd and even pages. I don't understand how to
take into consideration the page margin measurements when
trying to do the math to set up the indent in the
footers.

I am able to use the ruler with some success and adjust
the indents that way, but it seems whenever I set up a
new template or document I run into this problem and
would appreciate a more accurate method of setting this
up. I also find it a bit annoying that my headers seem
to be in a frame which often has a mind of its own and
jumps off the edge of the page when I change a reference
in the header.

Thanks,
Nancy

G'day "Nancy" ,

Its probably your gutter setting mussing with your head.

Out = outside margin
In = inside margin
Gut = gutter
Text = document body text boundary

__________________ _________________
| EVEN PAGE | | ODD PAGE |
| Out | Text | In | Gut | | Gut | In | Text | Out |
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | |

Steve Hudson - Word Heretic
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Nancy reckoned:

Hi,

I'm trying to better understand how footers are laid
out. My document is set up using mirror pages, with a
different first page & different odd & even. My left
margin is 3 cm and my right is 2 cm.

Above my footer is a border which extends to about 1.5 cm
from each page edge, which means it extends beyond the
text margins.

On my odd pages I have the name of the document aligned
left and the section/ page number aligned (right tab) to
the right. On my even page I just have the section/page
number aligned to the left.

At some point the alignment of my footeres got a little
out-of-whack so that on my even pages the left indent is -
1.5 cm and the right is -1.68, and the odd pages are
indented left -1.75 cm and right -0.26.

The problem I'm having is that I'd like the border on the
text to align to the left or the right in the same place
on both my odd and even pages. I don't understand how to
take into consideration the page margin measurements when
trying to do the math to set up the indent in the
footers.

I am able to use the ruler with some success and adjust
the indents that way, but it seems whenever I set up a
new template or document I run into this problem and
would appreciate a more accurate method of setting this
up. I also find it a bit annoying that my headers seem
to be in a frame which often has a mind of its own and
jumps off the edge of the page when I change a reference
in the header.

Thanks,
Nancy

To add to what Steve has said, I have yet to find (except for in my booklet
printing method) a good reason for using a gutter setting on pages with
mirror margins.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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all may benefit.

"Word Heretic" wrote in message
...
G'day "Nancy" ,

Its probably your gutter setting mussing with your head.

Out = outside margin
In = inside margin
Gut = gutter
Text = document body text boundary

__________________ _________________
| EVEN PAGE | | ODD PAGE |
| Out | Text | In | Gut | | Gut | In | Text | Out |
| | | | | | | |
| |
| | | | | | | |
| |
| | | | | | | |
| |

Steve Hudson - Word Heretic
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Nancy reckoned:

Hi,

I'm trying to better understand how footers are laid
out. My document is set up using mirror pages, with a
different first page & different odd & even. My left
margin is 3 cm and my right is 2 cm.

Above my footer is a border which extends to about 1.5 cm
from each page edge, which means it extends beyond the
text margins.

On my odd pages I have the name of the document aligned
left and the section/ page number aligned (right tab) to
the right. On my even page I just have the section/page
number aligned to the left.

At some point the alignment of my footeres got a little
out-of-whack so that on my even pages the left indent is -
1.5 cm and the right is -1.68, and the odd pages are
indented left -1.75 cm and right -0.26.

The problem I'm having is that I'd like the border on the
text to align to the left or the right in the same place
on both my odd and even pages. I don't understand how to
take into consideration the page margin measurements when
trying to do the math to set up the indent in the
footers.

I am able to use the ruler with some success and adjust
the indents that way, but it seems whenever I set up a
new template or document I run into this problem and
would appreciate a more accurate method of setting this
up. I also find it a bit annoying that my headers seem
to be in a frame which often has a mind of its own and
jumps off the edge of the page when I change a reference
in the header.

Thanks,
Nancy

G'day "Suzanne S. Barnhill" ,

LOL - it IS a bit redundant in that setting isn't it :-)


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Suzanne S. Barnhill reckoned:

To add to what Steve has said, I have yet to find (except for in my booklet
printing method) a good reason for using a gutter setting on pages with
mirror margins.

I always figured it was for the math-challenged. g

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Word Heretic" wrote in message
...
G'day "Suzanne S. Barnhill" ,

LOL - it IS a bit redundant in that setting isn't it :-)


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Suzanne S. Barnhill reckoned:

To add to what Steve has said, I have yet to find (except for in my
booklet
printing method) a good reason for using a gutter setting on pages with
mirror margins.