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Old January 16th, 2005, 05:37 AM
Selby
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It appears that there is a large white space on the right side of my
documents. When I go to print layout, 2 pages side by side are shown. I
would like to return to a single page, without the large blank space Your
help is appreciated.
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Old January 17th, 2005, 12:53 AM
Brod
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Selby,

Just guessing but have you checked your margins? The American default is
something like 3.5cm for the right margin. Why they do that I do not know.
Also the page is set by default to the American letter size which is much
shorter than the universal A4 size.

Check your margins FILE PAGE SETUP and while there check your page size -
assuming you are not American? If you make any changes make sure you click
DEFAULT before you leave the dialogue box otherwise you will be back where
you started.

Also make sure the Multiple Pages are set to NORMAL and not mirrored.
--
Brod

"Selby" wrote in message
...
It appears that there is a large white space on the right side of my
documents. When I go to print layout, 2 pages side by side are shown. I
would like to return to a single page, without the large blank space
Your
help is appreciated.



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Old January 17th, 2005, 01:28 AM
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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If you are tracking changes and have balloons enabled, the wide right margin
is for the balloons.

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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.

"Brod" wrote in message
u...
Selby,

Just guessing but have you checked your margins? The American default is
something like 3.5cm for the right margin. Why they do that I do not know.
Also the page is set by default to the American letter size which is much
shorter than the universal A4 size.

Check your margins FILE PAGE SETUP and while there check your page

size -
assuming you are not American? If you make any changes make sure you

click
DEFAULT before you leave the dialogue box otherwise you will be back where
you started.

Also make sure the Multiple Pages are set to NORMAL and not mirrored.
--
Brod

"Selby" wrote in message
...
It appears that there is a large white space on the right side of my
documents. When I go to print layout, 2 pages side by side are shown.

I
would like to return to a single page, without the large blank space
Your
help is appreciated.




  #4  
Old January 18th, 2005, 03:57 AM
Selby
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How do I disable the balloons?


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If you are tracking changes and have balloons enabled, the wide right margin
is for the balloons.

--
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.

"Brod" wrote in message
u...
Selby,

Just guessing but have you checked your margins? The American default is
something like 3.5cm for the right margin. Why they do that I do not know.
Also the page is set by default to the American letter size which is much
shorter than the universal A4 size.

Check your margins FILE PAGE SETUP and while there check your page

size -
assuming you are not American? If you make any changes make sure you

click
DEFAULT before you leave the dialogue box otherwise you will be back where
you started.

Also make sure the Multiple Pages are set to NORMAL and not mirrored.
--
Brod

"Selby" wrote in message
...
It appears that there is a large white space on the right side of my
documents. When I go to print layout, 2 pages side by side are shown.

I
would like to return to a single page, without the large blank space
Your
help is appreciated.





  #5  
Old January 18th, 2005, 06:05 AM
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Tools | Options | Track Changes.

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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.

"Selby" wrote in message
...
How do I disable the balloons?


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If you are tracking changes and have balloons enabled, the wide right

margin
is for the balloons.

--
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.

"Brod" wrote in message
u...
Selby,

Just guessing but have you checked your margins? The American default

is
something like 3.5cm for the right margin. Why they do that I do not

know.
Also the page is set by default to the American letter size which is

much
shorter than the universal A4 size.

Check your margins FILE PAGE SETUP and while there check your page

size -
assuming you are not American? If you make any changes make sure you

click
DEFAULT before you leave the dialogue box otherwise you will be back

where
you started.

Also make sure the Multiple Pages are set to NORMAL and not mirrored.
--
Brod

"Selby" wrote in message
...
It appears that there is a large white space on the right side of my
documents. When I go to print layout, 2 pages side by side are

shown.
I
would like to return to a single page, without the large blank space
Your
help is appreciated.





  #6  
Old January 19th, 2005, 07:00 AM
Brod
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The wide margin is the default American size too and not a universal size..

--
Brod

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
If you are tracking changes and have balloons enabled, the wide right
margin
is for the balloons.

--
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.

"Brod" wrote in message
u...
Selby,

Just guessing but have you checked your margins? The American default is
something like 3.5cm for the right margin. Why they do that I do not
know.
Also the page is set by default to the American letter size which is much
shorter than the universal A4 size.

Check your margins FILE PAGE SETUP and while there check your page

size -
assuming you are not American? If you make any changes make sure you

click
DEFAULT before you leave the dialogue box otherwise you will be back
where
you started.

Also make sure the Multiple Pages are set to NORMAL and not mirrored.
--
Brod

"Selby" wrote in message
...
It appears that there is a large white space on the right side of my
documents. When I go to print layout, 2 pages side by side are shown.

I
would like to return to a single page, without the large blank space
Your
help is appreciated.






  #7  
Old January 19th, 2005, 03:55 PM
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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It depends on your definition of "wide." The default left and right margins
are 1.25". The reasoning behind them is fairly simple: on 8.5" paper, those
margins give a 6" text line, which is 72 characters of 10-pt Courier New, a
common measure in typewriter terms. The margins are also reasonable for
(usually short) business letters, which were probably a major focus of early
versions of Word.

That said, anyone who is complaining about a "wide" right margin is not
likely to be referring to the default margin (regardless of how wide you may
consider it) because it is the same as the left margin. If someone is seeing
an *abnormally* wide right margin, the most likely cause is Track Changes
with balloons.

I would also take issue with your statement that U.S. letter is "much
shorter than the universal A4 size." Letter is 11" long, A4 11.69"--or
metrically, 27.94 cm for Letter vs. 29.7 cm for A4.

--
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.

"Brod" wrote in message
...
The wide margin is the default American size too and not a universal

size..

--
Brod

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
If you are tracking changes and have balloons enabled, the wide right
margin
is for the balloons.

--
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.

"Brod" wrote in message
u...
Selby,

Just guessing but have you checked your margins? The American default

is
something like 3.5cm for the right margin. Why they do that I do not
know.
Also the page is set by default to the American letter size which is

much
shorter than the universal A4 size.

Check your margins FILE PAGE SETUP and while there check your page

size -
assuming you are not American? If you make any changes make sure you

click
DEFAULT before you leave the dialogue box otherwise you will be back
where
you started.

Also make sure the Multiple Pages are set to NORMAL and not mirrored.
--
Brod

"Selby" wrote in message
...
It appears that there is a large white space on the right side of my
documents. When I go to print layout, 2 pages side by side are

shown.
I
would like to return to a single page, without the large blank space
Your
help is appreciated.






 




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