Is there any way to retrospectively apply different margins to r & l pages of
a large document (80 odd pages already) - the publication will be bound in
such a way that this is necessary. If so as the margins change is there
an easy way to ensure that everything else on the page will move with the
margin?

Re: retrospectively apply different margin to r and l page by Mary

Mary
Mon Apr 28 10:46:33 CDT 2008

You might be better off saving the document as a Word file. Then import the text
back into Publisher with the new margins. Create a text box, right-click, click
change text, click text file, browse to the file you just made.

If you don't want to do that, try this:

Are the text boxes linked from page to page?

Create a new publication with the margins arranged the way you prefer. Insert a
text box. If the publication is a booklet, create the text box on the first page
you want text to appear.

In your 80+ page publication, break the link on the first page (the text will
still be there). With your cursor in the text box, Edit, Select All (ctrl+A).
Copy.

Go to the new publication, place your cursor in the text box, paste. Publisher
will automatically create new pages and text boxes.

A long document like this would be better done in Word. It is more flexible.
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"Nicky H" <Nicky H@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D402AC76-01FF-458A-867F-C31C342B6E8E@microsoft.com...
> Is there any way to retrospectively apply different margins to r & l pages of
> a large document (80 odd pages already) - the publication will be bound in
> such a way that this is necessary. If so as the margins change is there
> an easy way to ensure that everything else on the page will move with the
> margin?



Re: retrospectively apply different margin to r and l page by NickyH

NickyH
Fri May 02 08:39:23 CDT 2008



"Mary Sauer" wrote:

> You might be better off saving the document as a Word file. Then import the text
> back into Publisher with the new margins. Create a text box, right-click, click
> change text, click text file, browse to the file you just made.
>
> If you don't want to do that, try this:
>
> Are the text boxes linked from page to page?
>
> Create a new publication with the margins arranged the way you prefer. Insert a
> text box. If the publication is a booklet, create the text box on the first page
> you want text to appear.
>
> In your 80+ page publication, break the link on the first page (the text will
> still be there). With your cursor in the text box, Edit, Select All (ctrl+A).
> Copy.
>
> Go to the new publication, place your cursor in the text box, paste. Publisher
> will automatically create new pages and text boxes.
>
> A long document like this would be better done in Word. It is more flexible.
> --
> Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
> http://office.microsoft.com/
> http://msauer.mvps.org/
> news://msnews.microsoft.com
>
> "Nicky H" <Nicky H@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D402AC76-01FF-458A-867F-C31C342B6E8E@microsoft.com...
> > Is there any way to retrospectively apply different margins to r & l pages of
> > a large document (80 odd pages already) - the publication will be bound in
> > such a way that this is necessary. If so as the margins change is there
> > an easy way to ensure that everything else on the page will move with the
> > margin?
>
> Thanks for that. I have used publisher (on advice from friends) as I ultimately need to convert it to PDF and also it is predominantly pictures around which i have lots of borders. This is the first time I have used publisher and on getting it I also ended up with Word 2007 with which I am not familiar either. (Used to the previous version). I decided that I would manually adjust all the even page margins, then using select all nudge everything into place, page bu page - however having just tried this - I went to single page view, changed the margins, but it did both l and r pages.
Any further suggestions would be gratefully received.
Regards
Nicky
>

Re: retrospectively apply different margin to r and l page by Mary

Mary
Fri May 02 10:18:43 CDT 2008

Use the grid guides for your margins. You drag them from the ruler. They will
not behave the way the arrange margins will but they will show the boundaries.

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
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http://msauer.mvps.org/
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"Nicky H" <NickyH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Mary Sauer" wrote:
>
>> You might be better off saving the document as a Word file. Then import the
>> text
>> back into Publisher with the new margins. Create a text box, right-click,
>> click
>> change text, click text file, browse to the file you just made.
>>
>> If you don't want to do that, try this:
>>
>> Are the text boxes linked from page to page?
>>
>> Create a new publication with the margins arranged the way you prefer. Insert
>> a
>> text box. If the publication is a booklet, create the text box on the first
>> page
>> you want text to appear.
>>
>> In your 80+ page publication, break the link on the first page (the text will
>> still be there). With your cursor in the text box, Edit, Select All (ctrl+A).
>> Copy.
>>
>> Go to the new publication, place your cursor in the text box, paste.
>> Publisher
>> will automatically create new pages and text boxes.
>>
>> A long document like this would be better done in Word. It is more flexible.
>> --
>> Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
>> http://office.microsoft.com/
>> http://msauer.mvps.org/
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com
>>
>> "Nicky H" <Nicky H@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:D402AC76-01FF-458A-867F-C31C342B6E8E@microsoft.com...
>> > Is there any way to retrospectively apply different margins to r & l pages
>> > of
>> > a large document (80 odd pages already) - the publication will be bound in
>> > such a way that this is necessary. If so as the margins change is there
>> > an easy way to ensure that everything else on the page will move with the
>> > margin?
>>
>> Thanks for that. I have used publisher (on advice from friends) as I
>> ultimately need to convert it to PDF and also it is predominantly pictures
>> around which i have lots of borders. This is the first time I have used
>> publisher and on getting it I also ended up with Word 2007 with which I am
>> not familiar either. (Used to the previous version). I decided that I
>> would manually adjust all the even page margins, then using select all nudge
>> everything into place, page bu page - however having just tried this - I went
>> to single page view, changed the margins, but it did both l and r pages.
> Any further suggestions would be gratefully received.
> Regards
> Nicky
>>



Re: retrospectively apply different margin to r and l page by Ed

Ed
Fri May 02 11:16:38 CDT 2008

Mary Sauer wrote:
> Use the grid guides for your margins. You drag them from the ruler. They will
> not behave the way the arrange margins will but they will show the boundaries.

Just to clarify; guides you drag from the rulers are (imaginatively)
Ruler Guides. Grid guides are those you set as subdivisions of the
margin guides in Arrange > Layout Guides.

--
Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher
http://ed.mvps.org