simple payge layout quesion "Andrew Kennard" <a.kennard[ at ]btinternet.com> 05.07.2006 09:15:31 Hi all Just curious What is the purpose of allowing the overall margins in page setup to be a negative value ? Thanks in advance Andrew

Re: simple payge layout quesion "Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman[ at ]verizon.net> 05.07.2006 14:25:12 I don't know how you're getting that to work. When I try it (Word 2003), I get a message box that says 'The measurement must be between 0" and 22".' The *paragraph indents* can be set to negative values, even to the point of letting the text run off the page; but the page margins can't do that. -- 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. Andrew Kennard wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi all > > Just curious > > What is the purpose of allowing the overall margins in page setup to > be a negative value ? > > Thanks in advance > > Andrew

Re: simple payge layout quesion "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 05.07.2006 15:09:40 In most versions of Word a negative value for the top or bottom page margin makes it absolute (so it is not affected by the size of the header/footer). This is not exactly intuitive, but is a Word convention. Negative values are not accepted for side margins. -- 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. "Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman[ at ]verizon.net> wrote in message news:Of3SV7DoGHA.608[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > I don't know how you're getting that to work. When I try it (Word 2003), I > get a message box that says 'The measurement must be between 0" and 22".' > > The *paragraph indents* can be set to negative values, even to the point of > letting the text run off the page; but the page margins can't do that. > > -- > 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. > > > Andrew Kennard wrote: > > Hi all > > > > Just curious > > > > What is the purpose of allowing the overall margins in page setup to > > be a negative value ? > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > Andrew > >

Re: simple payge layout quesion "Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman[ at ]verizon.net> 05.07.2006 16:22:02 Now that you mention it, I did know that once upon a time. I think I last used it when I still had Word 6.0. Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: [Quoted Text] > In most versions of Word a negative value for the top or bottom page > margin makes it absolute (so it is not affected by the size of the > header/footer). This is not exactly intuitive, but is a Word > convention. Negative values are not accepted for side margins. > > > "Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman[ at ]verizon.net> wrote in message > news:Of3SV7DoGHA.608[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> I don't know how you're getting that to work. When I try it (Word >> 2003), I get a message box that says 'The measurement must be >> between 0" and 22".' >> >> The *paragraph indents* can be set to negative values, even to the >> point of letting the text run off the page; but the page margins >> can't do that. >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> >> Andrew Kennard wrote: >>> Hi all >>> >>> Just curious >>> >>> What is the purpose of allowing the overall margins in page setup to >>> be a negative value ? >>> >>> Thanks in advance >>> >>> Andrew

Re: simple payge layout quesion "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 05.07.2006 21:58:30 The only reason I know about it is that it is mentioned in http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=162235 ("WD97: How to Add a Portrait Page Number to a Landscape Page"). For whatever reason, I don't believe it is mentioned in http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/LandscapeSection.htm; we must have figured out a workaround or decided it wasn't needed. -- 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. "Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman[ at ]verizon.net> wrote in message news:%2381Dn8EoGHA.608[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Now that you mention it, I did know that once upon a time. I think I last > used it when I still had Word 6.0. > > Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: > > In most versions of Word a negative value for the top or bottom page > > margin makes it absolute (so it is not affected by the size of the > > header/footer). This is not exactly intuitive, but is a Word > > convention. Negative values are not accepted for side margins. > > > > > > "Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman[ at ]verizon.net> wrote in message > > news:Of3SV7DoGHA.608[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > >> I don't know how you're getting that to work. When I try it (Word > >> 2003), I get a message box that says 'The measurement must be > >> between 0" and 22".' > >> > >> The *paragraph indents* can be set to negative values, even to the > >> point of letting the text run off the page; but the page margins > >> can't do that. > >> > >> -- > >> 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. > >> > >> > >> Andrew Kennard wrote: > >>> Hi all > >>> > >>> Just curious > >>> > >>> What is the purpose of allowing the overall margins in page setup to > >>> be a negative value ? > >>> > >>> Thanks in advance > >>> > >>> Andrew > >

Re: simple payge layout quesion "Andrew Kennard" <a.kennard[ at ]btinternet.com> 06.07.2006 09:54:54 Thanks for the feed back I was using Word 2000 which allows negative top and bottom margins and I just wondered why "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> wrote in message news:e%23o9w%23HoGHA.1656[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > The only reason I know about it is that it is mentioned in > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=162235 ("WD97: How to Add a Portrait > Page > Number to a Landscape Page"). For whatever reason, I don't believe it is > mentioned in http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/LandscapeSection.htm; we > must have figured out a workaround or decided it wasn't needed. > > -- > 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. > > "Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman[ at ]verizon.net> wrote in message > news:%2381Dn8EoGHA.608[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> Now that you mention it, I did know that once upon a time. I think I last >> used it when I still had Word 6.0. >> >> Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: >> > In most versions of Word a negative value for the top or bottom page >> > margin makes it absolute (so it is not affected by the size of the >> > header/footer). This is not exactly intuitive, but is a Word >> > convention. Negative values are not accepted for side margins. >> > >> > >> > "Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman[ at ]verizon.net> wrote in message >> > news:Of3SV7DoGHA.608[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> >> I don't know how you're getting that to work. When I try it (Word >> >> 2003), I get a message box that says 'The measurement must be >> >> between 0" and 22".' >> >> >> >> The *paragraph indents* can be set to negative values, even to the >> >> point of letting the text run off the page; but the page margins >> >> can't do that. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> 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. >> >> >> >> >> >> Andrew Kennard wrote: >> >>> Hi all >> >>> >> >>> Just curious >> >>> >> >>> What is the purpose of allowing the overall margins in page setup to >> >>> be a negative value ? >> >>> >> >>> Thanks in advance >> >>> >> >>> Andrew >> >> >