Top margin larger on 2nd page

[FJB]

Is it possible, with a form, for the second, and following, page(s) to
have a larger top margin than the first page? In a regular document, I
would put a section break at the end of page 1 and change the top
margin for the new section. What about a macro?

Thanks for your help.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Letterhead.htm for the technique; in
this case you want the extra space in the Header rather than the First Page
Header.

 

[mpt]

Try going to your second page, click in the ruler at the far left to bring
up page dimensions. Select size of header. Choose "From this point
forward" under Apply to.

Richard

 

[Charles Kenyon]

You don't actually change the margin. Instead you put something in either
the first-page header or the continuation header to take up space. This can
be as simple as an empty paragraph mark or two or can be a text box or frame
set to have text wrap around it.

Take a look at: How to set up letterhead or some other document where you
want one header on the first page and a different header on other pages.
http://www.addbalance.com/word/headersfooters.htm This gives step-by-step
instructions. (It also has the following links)

Some other pages to look at:

Letterhead Tips and Instructions
http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/Letterhead.htm

Letterhead Textboxes and Styles tutorial
http://addbalance.com/word/download.htm#LetterheadTextboxesAndStylesTutorial

Template Basics
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm

How to Create a Template - Part 2 - essential reading
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart2.htm

Word "Forms"
http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms and

Word for Word Perfect Users
http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordperfect.htm if you are coming from a WP
environment (or even if you are not).

If you are interested in creating templates that will work with the letter
wizard or use that wizard, you should look at the chapter on Advanced
Document Formatting in Using Office 2003 (or whatever your version is),
Special Edition, by Ed Bott and Woody Leonhard. It has detailed instructions
including instructions on getting the fields you want from your Outlook
Contacts for addressing a letter. (Chapter 19 of SE Using Office 2003) You
should be able to get this through your public library or at Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0789729555/balancecheckbookA/

Finally, take a look at the letter templates that come with Word. While they
are no great shakes as letterhead, they do use styles and AutoText lists
very well. If you use the same style names that are used in those templates
in your own letterhead for the same parts of the document, you will have
better luck with using the built-in AutoText entries in Word.

Hope this helps,

 

[Charles Kenyon]

This is not a good method because it inserts a section break. See the links
in my previous answer or the one given by Suzanne for a better method.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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[mpt]

Thanks. Didn't think of that.

Richard

This is not a good method because it inserts a section break. See the
links in my previous answer or the one given by Suzanne for a better
method.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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