Ruler issues

[Clint McQueen]

Is there any way to keep the ruler in one spot so that I can measure
the placement of different frames in relation to each other? I get the
blue-shaded-portion of the ruler, then it starts measuring at zero and
is white, then to the blue shading again. I know this makes sense in
my head, but I have the feeling ya'll might not know what I'm talking
about...

So, I have a frame/text box that I want placed starting at 3 picas in
from the edge of the page and ending 27 picas over, and another
frame/text box that I want to start at 6 picas and end at 30. Is there
any way to keep the ruler from having the blue shaded area and just
have it all white, starting from zero and going to 51.

Basically I just want the text/frames to be independent of the ruler so
that when I move it, the text/frames don't move.

Is that clear enough??? (It's much harder to try and type an
explanation than to physically point it out on the screen for me... my
apologies)

C

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi Clint -

What you want is quite logical, but you won't get it from a word processing
program. Nor will you find horizontal or vertical guides. What you want to
do is *page layout* work, and despite the impression Word gives it is not
particularly adept at that endeavor.

Your best bet is to take a look at the features you'll find in the Format
[ObjectType]>Layout>Advanced for the objects involved, as well as the Grid
features you'll find in the Draw button menu of the Drawing Toolbar. Keep in
mind, however, that *ultimately* everything in Word is positioned relative
to the text flow, as Word does not have any concept of physical pages - Note
that you do not have any Insert/Delete Page commands.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

The ruler measures offsets from the document margin of the current context.

If you keep the document margin the same, the ruler will show consistent
offsets.

However, if the positions of things matter to you, you will not use the
Ruler at all.

Use Format><Whatever>>Properties to set the properties precisely (in tenths
of a point) if you want a proper job.

Since that is far too much like hard work, learn to sue Styles. Styles are
named collections of formatting properties. There are multiple types of
style, with which you can position almost anything.

Having defined a style to position a frame, every frame you apply it to will
be positioned exactly the same (within one twentieth of a point...). Come
to think of it, a frame can be "part" of a style.

Of course, if you insist on manually grinding away trying to position each
object individually, you're going to be there for a while. Give us a shout
and we'll send pizza

Cheers

Is there any way to keep the ruler in one spot so that I can measure
the placement of different frames in relation to each other? I get the
blue-shaded-portion of the ruler, then it starts measuring at zero and
is white, then to the blue shading again. I know this makes sense in
my head, but I have the feeling ya'll might not know what I'm talking
about...

So, I have a frame/text box that I want placed starting at 3 picas in
from the edge of the page and ending 27 picas over, and another
frame/text box that I want to start at 6 picas and end at 30. Is there
any way to keep the ruler from having the blue shaded area and just
have it all white, starting from zero and going to 51.

Basically I just want the text/frames to be independent of the ruler so
that when I move it, the text/frames don't move.

Is that clear enough??? (It's much harder to try and type an
explanation than to physically point it out on the screen for me... my
apologies)

C

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