Margin problem when changing A4 size paper to US Letter

[nickravo1]

I am abroad and typed a long document in A4 to accommodate my printer
here. Now, I am heading back to the States and I want to change it to
US Letter. I change it on page set up, and I see that it has
repaginated the document on my screen, so that the pager is wider and
shorter. But, unless I am hallucinating, the margins appear to still
be A4; I have a narrow, probably normal left hand margin, but my right
hand margin has about twice as much white space, and the text is
clearing of-center to the left a bit. This normal? How do I fix? (I'd
like to be able to go back and forth between A4 and US letter without
having to manually adjust margins every time, too.)

Using Word for Mac 2004.

 

[nickravo1]

I am abroad and typed a long document in A4 to accommodate my printer
here. Now, I am heading back to the States and I want to change it to
US Letter. I change it on page set up, and I see that it has
repaginated the document on my screen, so that the pager is wider and
shorter. But, unless I am hallucinating, the margins appear to still
be A4; I have a narrow, probably normal left hand margin, but my right
hand margin has about twice as much white space, and the text is
clearing of-center to the left a bit. This normal? How do I fix? (I'd
like to be able to go back and forth between A4 and US letter without
having to manually adjust margins every time, too.)

Using Word for Mac 2004.

Figured it out; apologies. I had comments from edit mode running down
the right hand margin down lower in the document, which explains the
odd space.

 

[John McGhie]

That is such a trap! I was sitting here thinking "Now how on earth did he
get it into that condition?" and then it dawned on me: damned balloons!!

Incidentally, it is usual to employ different margin settings between A4 and
Letter, so you may need to reset your margins anyway.

Cheers

Figured it out; apologies. I had comments from edit mode running down
the right hand margin down lower in the document, which explains the
odd space.

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[Rob Schneider]

Nick,

I live in an international world where US and A4 paper used. Based on
that experience I have a suggestion.

Just pick one size (I pick A4 as I like it better...no other reason) and
use it all the time. Don't waste time reformatting. When it comes time
to print, just let the printer driver "scale to fit paper size".

--rms

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Rob:

Good idea! Yep: That's what that setting is for: it saves a lot of time in
multinational companies, because the USA is the only country that uses
Letter-size paper.

For myself, I have to remember to hunt that setting down and turn it off,
because I publish books out of Word, and my clients would become
understandably emotional if their layouts got scaled.

Actually, come to think of it, few of my clients would notice. Very little
of my output ever hits paper these days!

Cheers

Nick,

I live in an international world where US and A4 paper used. Based on
that experience I have a suggestion.

Just pick one size (I pick A4 as I like it better...no other reason) and
use it all the time. Don't waste time reformatting. When it comes time
to print, just let the printer driver "scale to fit paper size".

--rms

This email is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
matters unless you intend to pay!

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John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer,
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]