Why do page widths look different for pages in print view ?

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Jeff - 26 Nov 2004 20:45 GMT

Why do page widths look different for pages with different margin settingings
in print view ? SHouldn't the page width be the same with only the margins
being different? I want my title page centered and subsequent pages with 1 "
margins. I already have them set as sections, but when I change the margins
it changes the centering on the title page.

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Cindy M -WordMVP- - 30 Nov 2004 10:45 GMT

Hi =?Utf-8?B?SmVmZg==?=,

> Why do page widths look different for pages with different margin settingings
> in print view ? SHouldn't the page width be the same with only the margins
> being different? I want my title page centered and subsequent pages with 1 "
> margins. I already have them set as sections, but when I change the margins
> it changes the centering on the title page.

When you center text horizontally, it always centers relative to the margins. It
also makes a difference if you have specified a gutter or mirror margins.
Centering text does NOT center relative to the page size. Does that explain what
you're seeing?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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