Word 2007 and text files

[M_C]

I've adjusted my default margins to .5", but when I open a text document
created in something like notepad, the document margins become 1". By the
way I saved the .5" to my default template so new Word documents show the
correct margin, only text documents do not.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

When you open a document, save by running an autoopen macro, there is
nothing that will change the margins that were used when that document was
created.

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[M_C]

Thanks Doug. My question must be unclear. Here is what happens. I create a
text document in notepad by just typing a continuous stream of 1's for
instance. Longer than one line of text so that it will exceed the length of
the Word line. Then I open this file in Word. I get a word document with 1"
margins, despite the fact that I've created a default template with .5
margins. This is significant because I'm trying to use a pdf995 product
called omniformat that, like many others, uses the word print to create a
pdf, and thus the pdf wraps in the wrong place. I know that my default
margin is .5 since if I go into Word 2007 and create a new document the
margins come up as .5"

 

[Terry Farrell]

What are the margins set to in Notepad?

 

[M_C]

Notepad has no margins as far as I can tell.

Mike

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Yes it does! Select Page Setup from the File menu in Notepad.

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