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Old October 19th, 2009, 06:30 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
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Default 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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Old October 19th, 2009, 08:02 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
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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.

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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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Old October 20th, 2009, 02:54 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
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Default 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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Old October 20th, 2009, 03:10 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
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Default 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".

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Old October 20th, 2009, 04:23 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
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Default 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).

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"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
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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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