mirror margins when switching between portrait & landscape Carla 30.09.2006 04:09:02 Hi, I am writing a large thesis and switch quite frequently between portrait and landscape layout due to tables etc. I need to have my inside margins set at 3cm and my outside margins at 2cm but it doesn't seem to work for my landscape orientation pages.... do I have to manually change the margins on these pages? Or is there a way to set it up so that Word automatically realises that the next section still needs to have mirrored margins?

Re: mirror margins when switching between portrait & landscape "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 30.09.2006 13:34:27 I would imagine that the margins you're trying to mirror become the wrong ones on landscape pages. Assuming you are trying to create a gutter on the inside (left side of recto pages, right side of verso), then in landscape you need a larger margin at the top of the recto pages and bottom of verso. This can be done. Check the box for "Different odd and even" if you haven't already. This is a per-document setting (rather than per-section like "Different first page"), so you'll need to create separate odd and even headers and footers for all the sections in the document. For the landscape sections, add space above the header on recto pages and below the footer on verso pages, and this will create your gutter. -- 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. "Carla" <Carla[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:566B1B52-F5FD-4829-9F52-E5C847B572AE[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Hi, > I am writing a large thesis and switch quite frequently between portrait and > landscape layout due to tables etc. I need to have my inside margins set at > 3cm and my outside margins at 2cm but it doesn't seem to work for my > landscape orientation pages.... do I have to manually change the margins on > these pages? Or is there a way to set it up so that Word automatically > realises that the next section still needs to have mirrored margins?

Re: mirror margins when switching between portrait & landscape Carla 01.10.2006 02:49:01 Thank you thank you thank you!!! I can now cease bashing my head against the wall - what I didn't realise also is that when you do the things below - adding section breaks also means adding section break as odd or even pages as opposed to just next page...... but it's all working fine now - thank you. Carla "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: [Quoted Text] > I would imagine that the margins you're trying to mirror become the wrong > ones on landscape pages. Assuming you are trying to create a gutter on the > inside (left side of recto pages, right side of verso), then in landscape > you need a larger margin at the top of the recto pages and bottom of verso. > This can be done. > > Check the box for "Different odd and even" if you haven't already. This is a > per-document setting (rather than per-section like "Different first page"), > so you'll need to create separate odd and even headers and footers for all > the sections in the document. For the landscape sections, add space above > the header on recto pages and below the footer on verso pages, and this will > create your gutter. > > -- > 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. > > "Carla" <Carla[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:566B1B52-F5FD-4829-9F52-E5C847B572AE[ at ]microsoft.com... > > Hi, > > I am writing a large thesis and switch quite frequently between portrait > and > > landscape layout due to tables etc. I need to have my inside margins set > at > > 3cm and my outside margins at 2cm but it doesn't seem to work for my > > landscape orientation pages.... do I have to manually change the margins > on > > these pages? Or is there a way to set it up so that Word automatically > > realises that the next section still needs to have mirrored margins? > >