Trouble with Margins in Word 2010 Thread poster: Arabic & More
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I'm working with a long document in Word 2010 and am having some trouble with the horizontal ruler. The first half of the document has one setting, while the next half has a different setting, and I don't know how to manipulate things so that the entire document is unified. It looks like these two halves may have originally been two different documents that were merged together. Basically, I want all the text to have one setting, which should be whatever is standard for books. If anyone can help... See more I'm working with a long document in Word 2010 and am having some trouble with the horizontal ruler. The first half of the document has one setting, while the next half has a different setting, and I don't know how to manipulate things so that the entire document is unified. It looks like these two halves may have originally been two different documents that were merged together. Basically, I want all the text to have one setting, which should be whatever is standard for books. If anyone can help with the procedure as well as the numbers, that would be appreciated. ▲ Collapse
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There are many videos explaining how to set and change margins in Word 2010
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Thanks for your response. I spent some time searching on-line before posting here, but the specific problem I am having is that each portion of the document will change independently, but I can't get both halves to do the same thing. It's like each one is locked into its own settings. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find any tutorial that addresses this issue, and I am also running out of time for my project.
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I don't know anything about Word 2010, but in my good old trouble-free Word XP, I have had the same problem, and found that instead of setting margins individually in the document, the only way to cure it was to use File > Page Setup and then set the margins and apply to 'Whole document'
BUT you might still have problems if some of those margins have been set using indents and things.
You could also try 'Select All', then Format > Paragraph and thereby set the entire do... See more I don't know anything about Word 2010, but in my good old trouble-free Word XP, I have had the same problem, and found that instead of setting margins individually in the document, the only way to cure it was to use File > Page Setup and then set the margins and apply to 'Whole document'
BUT you might still have problems if some of those margins have been set using indents and things.
You could also try 'Select All', then Format > Paragraph and thereby set the entire document to have the same basic settings.
You possibly have different sections defined in the doc. Unless you need these for other purposes, it might be worth stripping out all the section breaks, so the doc. at least thinks it all runs together!
However, as I said at the start, I've no idea if it works the same way in 2010 — I can't get my head round that at all  Sorry! ▲ Collapse
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| Section Breaks | May 9, 2014 |
Thank you, Tony! The problem turned out to be section breaks. Once I removed them, everything fell into place.
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