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MS Office Forum / Word / Word Errors / October 2004my text will not center within my margins in landscape view
Office 2003, Windows XP In a Word document, landscaped, I cannot get my text centered. I've checked my page setup which is fine. I've tried Ctrl/E as well as the center button on my toolbar. It centers the text at 3" even though my margins are 11" x 8-1/2. I don't have this problem in "portrait". Can anyone help me? Your paper size (not your margins) is 11" x 8.5". Most likely your right margin is larger than 1.25". Go to File | Page Setup to change it.  SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > Office 2003, Windows XP > > In a Word document, landscaped, I cannot get my text centered. I've checked > my page setup which is fine. I've tried Ctrl/E as well as the center button > on my toolbar. It centers the text at 3" even though my margins are 11" x > 8-1/2. I don't have this problem in "portrait". Can anyone help me? My left and right margins are set at 0.5 > Your paper size (not your margins) is 11" x 8.5". Most likely your right > margin is larger than 1.25". Go to File | Page Setup to change it. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > x > > 8-1/2. I don't have this problem in "portrait". Can anyone help me? I'd say you are encountering a minor bug in the Columns command. Did you ever change this document to multiple columns? Even if you didn't, go to Format/Columns and click "One" in the Presets section. Note you need to click "One" rather than simply verifying it is set to 1 column. What you are actually looking for is the "Equal column width" option to be turned on at the bottom of the dialog box. It may be disabled but using the Presets will turn the option on. It's this option that allows Word to reflow the text to your new margin/paper orientation. SignaturePlease post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ > My left and right margins are set at 0.5 > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >> > 8-1/2. I don't have this problem in "portrait". Can anyone help >> > me? I am not even working in columns. This is just straight typing. I'm trying to center a single line heading. I tried it on other peoples computers with no problem. Could this have anything to do with the Normal.doc? There must be something in my computer that will not allow it to read my settings. Powerpoint and Excel centers with no problem. This problem is in Word only. > I'd say you are encountering a minor bug in the Columns command. Did > you ever change this document to multiple columns? [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > >> > 8-1/2. I don't have this problem in "portrait". Can anyone help > >> > me? No one suggested you were working in columns. Beth gave you the solution to the problem you are encountering. Take it or leave it. SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > I am not even working in columns. This is just straight typing. I'm trying > to center a single line heading. I tried it on other peoples computers with [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > >> > 8-1/2. I don't have this problem in "portrait". Can anyone help > > >> > me? Sure you are. Even if you don't have a multi-column format you are still using 1 column of text. If you weren't using any columns then you wouldn't have any text area for typing. Did you even try what I suggested? Unless you can confirm that in the Format/Columns dialog box your column width is 7.5" and the "Equal column width" option is selected (it might be disabled but there should be a tick in the box) then I have no further suggestions. SignaturePlease post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ >I am not even working in columns. This is just straight typing. I'm >trying [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] >> >> > help >> >> > me? Beth, yes it did try your suggestion. It worked for each new document if I went through the format/column but doesn't default. Our IT tech thought there was a quirk in the normal.doc file. I appreciate your taking the time to help, didn't appreciate the "take it or leave it" attitude from Suzanne Barnhill. Unprofessional and a poor reflection of customer service. > Sure you are. Even if you don't have a multi-column format you are > still using 1 column of text. If you weren't using any columns then [quoted text clipped - 57 lines] > >> >> > help > >> >> > me? You will need to either create a new Normal.dot or modify your current Normal.dot in order to make your Columns modifications the default. Also, just so you know, these newsgroups are peer-to-peer resources and are part of Usenet. You are using a web based interface to access the newsgroups on Microsoft's site. Microsoft provides access to the newsgroups on their site and they host a news server for the newsgroups but that's all they do. MVPs do not work for Microsoft and are not obligated in any way to answer questions in the newsgroups. We answer questions here voluntarily and on our own time. With that in mind, I'm sure you can understand how frustrating it can be when those we are attempting to help aren't willing to try a suggestion that only takes is a few mouse clicks to verify. SignaturePlease post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ > Beth, yes it did try your suggestion. It worked for each new > document if I [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Suzanne > Barnhill. Unprofessional and a poor reflection of customer service. Yes I can imagine the frustration > You will need to either create a new Normal.dot or modify your current > Normal.dot in order to make your Columns modifications the default. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Suzanne > > Barnhill. Unprofessional and a poor reflection of customer service. So then we're all buddies again? ;-) SignaturePlease post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ > Yes I can imagine the frustration Yes we are :) have a great weekend > So then we're all buddies again? ;-) > > Yes I can imagine the frustration Does your paragraph have any indents? SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > My left and right margins are set at 0.5 > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > x > > > 8-1/2. I don't have this problem in "portrait". Can anyone help me? |
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