Mirrored margins and page borders

[Jimmy Clay]

I'm writing a manual and I'm using a book called "Microsoft Word 2002
Simply Visual" to give me ideas on how to format my manual. I like it
because the way the Simply Visual book is formated is very non-
intimidating. [Note: I'm actually using Word 2007, this is just an old
book I had and I like the way it's formated.]

Anyway, one thing they do in this book is they use mirrored margins.
The inside margin is .75 and the outside 1.5.

Here's my question: They also use page borders, with one line going
down the outside margin and one line going across the top margin. I'm
trying to do this in my manual, but I can't figure out how they got
they line to switch back and forth with the outside margin.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Most likely they didn't use a "page border" in the way Word uses the
term. The real page border doesn't have that kind of control.

Instead, they put one graphic (a top line and one side line) anchored
in the odd page header, and another graphic (a top line and the other
side line) anchored in the even page header.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

And do note that if you're using "Book fold" in Word 2002 or 2003 (and 2007
for all I know), the margins are reversed in "mirror margins," so you have
to set the margin you want for the outside as the Inside margin and vice
versa.

Most likely they didn't use a "page border" in the way Word uses the
term. The real page border doesn't have that kind of control.

Instead, they put one graphic (a top line and one side line) anchored
in the odd page header, and another graphic (a top line and the other
side line) anchored in the even page header.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

I'm writing a manual and I'm using a book called "Microsoft Word 2002
Simply Visual" to give me ideas on how to format my manual. I like it
because the way the Simply Visual book is formated is very non-
intimidating. [Note: I'm actually using Word 2007, this is just an old
book I had and I like the way it's formated.]

Anyway, one thing they do in this book is they use mirrored margins.
The inside margin is .75 and the outside 1.5.

Here's my question: They also use page borders, with one line going
down the outside margin and one line going across the top margin. I'm
trying to do this in my manual, but I can't figure out how they got
they line to switch back and forth with the outside margin.

 

[Jimmy Clay]

Most likely they didn't use a "page border" in the way Word uses the
term. The real page border doesn't have that kind of control.

Instead, they put one graphic (a top line and one side line) anchored
in the odd page header, and another graphic (a top line and the other
side line) anchored in the even page header.

--
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.

I'm writing a manual and I'm using a book called "Microsoft Word 2002
Simply Visual" to give me ideas on how to format my manual. I like it
because the way the Simply Visual book is formated is very non-
intimidating. [Note: I'm actually using Word 2007, this is just an old
book I had and I like the way it's formated.]

Anyway, one thing they do in this book is they use mirrored margins.
The inside margin is .75 and the outside 1.5.

Here's my question: They also use page borders, with one line going
down the outside margin and one line going across the top margin. I'm
trying to do this in my manual, but I can't figure out how they got
they line to switch back and forth with the outside margin.

That's pretty cool, thanks.