changing margins in footer affects whole document

[Regina]

I'm using Word 2002 and after trying to change the margin
in my footer, via the Page Setup button in the footer, it
changed the whole document. Is there a way around this
other than manually changing the margins by dragging the
corners of the footer?
thanks,
Regina

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi Regina

You're having a problem because you failed to distinguish between a *margin*
and a *paragraph indent*.

Margins apply to an entire section or, if there is only one section, to the
entire document.

A paragraph indent (left or right) applies only to a paragraph or to a
paragraph style (and thus to all paragraphs that have that style, if they
don't have direct-formatted indents).

If you want to change the width of your footers, modify the paragraph
indents of the Footer style.