Top Margins change with Chapter Headings only - How?

[Terri]

I am working on my dissertation and when I have a chapter heading I am
required to have a 2 inch margin, and the rest of the pages in the chapter
have a 1 inch margin. How can I do this so I am sure that the margins will
be correct?

Thanks!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

As Charles suggests in answer to your post elsewhere, add 72 points Space
Before to the heading style that begins your chapters.

 

[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

Hello Terri

I am working on my dissertation and when I have a chapter heading I am
required to have a 2 inch margin, and the rest of the pages in the chapter
have a 1 inch margin. How can I do this so I am sure that the margins will
be correct?

"Margin" as in "from paper edge"? Then setup your document to have a 1
inch margin (File | Page Setup, etc.), and your heading style to have a
1 inch left indent (exact menu location varying with your unnamed
version of Word).

You might like to take a look *at least* into both

Creating a Template – The Basics (Part I, by Suzanne Barnhil)
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart1.htm

Creating a Template (Part II, by John McGhie)
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart2.htm

before even thinking of starting to type your thesis in Word.

Good luck!
Robert

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I think the margin in question here is Top rather than Left.