In Word 2003 page set up, mirror margins, margins don't match up

I'm trying to format a book and when I set Word to mirror the margins, they
are off by about a quarter of an inch. Aren't the margins supposed to be
exactly the same only in mirror image? What am I doing wrong, or how can I
fix this? When my pages are back to back like they would appear in a book,
the writing is supposed to match up on the margins but they don't. Any help
would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Hello-

When you use Mirrored Margins there is also a Gutter setting to allow space
for binding. If that is set to something other than 0 it adds to the 'Inside'
margins of the odd & even pages.

HTH |:)

"Mattajang" wrote:

I'm trying to format a book and when I set Word to mirror the margins, they
are off by about a quarter of an inch. Aren't the margins supposed to be
exactly the same only in mirror image? What am I doing wrong, or how can I
fix this? When my pages are back to back like they would appear in a book,
the writing is supposed to match up on the margins but they don't. Any help
would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Note also that "Book fold" reverses Inside and Outside margins, so you have
to set them backward.

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"CyberTaz" wrote in message
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Hello-

When you use Mirrored Margins there is also a Gutter setting to allow
space
for binding. If that is set to something other than 0 it adds to the
'Inside'
margins of the odd & even pages.

HTH |:)

"Mattajang" wrote:

I'm trying to format a book and when I set Word to mirror the margins,
they
are off by about a quarter of an inch. Aren't the margins supposed to
be
exactly the same only in mirror image? What am I doing wrong, or how
can I
fix this? When my pages are back to back like they would appear in a
book,
the writing is supposed to match up on the margins but they don't. Any
help
would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!