Text box in header

[Ricki Miles]

I am working in Word 2002 and have a problem with a letterhead template. I
need the left margin on page 1 to be wider than the margin for the rest of
the document and have placed a text box in the first page header to
compensate. I realize this causes problems when people use the template and
try to indent properly on the first page.

Is there any way to work around this problem besides redesigning the
letterhead? I have suggested continuous section breaks, etc. but that
seems like a very clunky fix.

Thanks for your help,

Ricki

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The way you're handling this is the commonly recommended and IMO the best
way. As you say, it does cause problems with indents and hanging indents.
FWIW, the Bullets and Numbering buttons on the Formatting toolbar do cause
paragraphs to indent as expected. Moreover, the number formatting can be
customized not to include numbering, and the indents can be monkeyed with,
so there are devious workarounds, but I would not regard any of these as
worth recommending.

 

[Ricki Miles]

Thanks for the info,

Ricki

The way you're handling this is the commonly recommended and IMO the best
way. As you say, it does cause problems with indents and hanging indents.
FWIW, the Bullets and Numbering buttons on the Formatting toolbar do cause
paragraphs to indent as expected. Moreover, the number formatting can be
customized not to include numbering, and the indents can be monkeyed with,
so there are devious workarounds, but I would not regard any of these as
worth recommending.