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Gutter v. Margin
Is there any different in behavior between the gutter and the margin?
Or is gutter simply added to the margin? In playing around gutters, I have not seen any different behavior from a margin (in word). |
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Gutter v. Margin
A gutter is the area in the centre of the book and is in addition to the
margin. So if you have chosen a left side Gutter and have set the Gutter to 1" and the left margin is ½", then the left blank area will be 1½" in total. -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP wrote in message ... Is there any different in behavior between the gutter and the margin? Or is gutter simply added to the margin? In playing around gutters, I have not seen any different behavior from a margin (in word). |
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Gutter v. Margin
On Oct 19, 3:02*pm, "Terry Farrell" wrote:
A gutter is the area in the centre of the book and is in addition to the margin. So if you have chosen a left side Gutter and have set the Gutter to 1" and the left margin is ½", then the left blank area will be 1½" in total. Is there any behavioral difference, other than just adding to the inside margin? In some page layout programs, the part of an image that spans a page that is in the gutter gets duplicated on either side. So the gutter behaves differently than a margin.. In my experiments I have found the gutter does nothing other than add to the margin. I was wondering if this is the case. |
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Gutter v. Margin
On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:54:07 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote: On Oct 19, 3:02*pm, "Terry Farrell" wrote: A gutter is the area in the centre of the book and is in addition to the margin. So if you have chosen a left side Gutter and have set the Gutter to 1" and the left margin is ½", then the left blank area will be 1½" in total. Is there any behavioral difference, other than just adding to the inside margin? In some page layout programs, the part of an image that spans a page that is in the gutter gets duplicated on either side. So the gutter behaves differently than a margin.. In my experiments I have found the gutter does nothing other than add to the margin. I was wondering if this is the case. That's correct. Word treats the gutter only as an addition to the margin measurement. Nothing else happens. This is summed up in the often-repeated statement that "Word is not a page layout program, it's a word processor". -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Gutter v. Margin
I believe I've been known to say that the gutter setting is for those who
can't do simple arithmetic (when setting Inside and Outside margins). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:54:07 -0700 (PDT), " wrote: On Oct 19, 3:02 pm, "Terry Farrell" wrote: A gutter is the area in the centre of the book and is in addition to the margin. So if you have chosen a left side Gutter and have set the Gutter to 1" and the left margin is ½", then the left blank area will be 1½" in total. Is there any behavioral difference, other than just adding to the inside margin? In some page layout programs, the part of an image that spans a page that is in the gutter gets duplicated on either side. So the gutter behaves differently than a margin.. In my experiments I have found the gutter does nothing other than add to the margin. I was wondering if this is the case. That's correct. Word treats the gutter only as an addition to the margin measurement. Nothing else happens. This is summed up in the often-repeated statement that "Word is not a page layout program, it's a word processor". -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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