Ben Hicham
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Special letterhead?
Hello guys,
I'm designing a letterhead, i want the first page to have a design while the rest of the document to have a different design (Different header, different margins) all works well so far, my only issue is that i want to be able to paste a document into this letterhead, and the first page will have different layout than the rest of the pages.
I've added a "section break ( continuous)" but when i paste my documents, the rest of the pages change to the design its supposed to change to but doesn't keep the margin needed, and that's because all the text comes before the "section break" i've added
Is there a chance to lock that section Break to the first page only and the extra text goes to the second page and adapt to its style.
Thank you
BEN
I'm designing a letterhead, i want the first page to have a design while the rest of the document to have a different design (Different header, different margins) all works well so far, my only issue is that i want to be able to paste a document into this letterhead, and the first page will have different layout than the rest of the pages.
I've added a "section break ( continuous)" but when i paste my documents, the rest of the pages change to the design its supposed to change to but doesn't keep the margin needed, and that's because all the text comes before the "section break" i've added
Is there a chance to lock that section Break to the first page only and the extra text goes to the second page and adapt to its style.
Thank you
BEN
If you set 'Different first page' (Layout tab of the Page Setup dialogue), you won't need to rely on a Section Break. Images can be anchored in the Header or Footer for the first page with different images on subsequent pages.
I've added a "section break ( continuous)" but when i paste my documents, the rest of the pages change to the design its supposed to change to but doesn't keep the margin needed, and that's because all the text comes before the "section break" i've added
Is there a chance to lock that section Break to the first page only and the extra text goes to the second page and adapt to its style
this is normal... i suggest that you add a "section break (new page)" then add the text in the new section.
now, copy just enough text to fill the first page. this way, the subsequent pages of the document have the correct margins
if using 'Different first page' then do not add a "section break":
- paste your text
- go to the top of the second page
- set the new margin values
- select the option Apply to: This point forward
now, copy just enough text to fill the first page. this way, the subsequent pages of the document have the correct margins
if using 'Different first page' then do not add a "section break":
- paste your text
- go to the top of the second page
- set the new margin values
- select the option Apply to: This point forward
Per Graham's comment, you can set up a section to allow text to automatically flow from a first page that has apparently different margins by turning on the "Different first page" checkbox in Page Setup's Layout tab. The trick is to include objects in the first page header and/or footer that will alter the effective margins for text on the page.
Consider a letterhead design for a large legal firm where the local firm's principals names are in a 3" high banner across the top, the local firm's address in a 2.5" box across the bottom, and a 2" wide sidebar containing all of the other locations. (I know... ugly or what, but bear with me!)
If these elements are set as text boxes (or as images) in a 1st page header and/or footer, they will effectively "push" the margins on this first page no matter what margins are defined in the Page Setup dialog.
Continuing with my ugly example, assume the default page setup is for a US Letter size (8½ x 11") with margins of 1" at the top and left, and 0.75" on the right and bottom. To ensure there is 0.5" of space between the three objects and the text of the letter, I would choose "Square" for the text wrapping styles, then specify a value of 0.5" as the "Distance from text": bottom for the top banner; right for the box on the left side of the page; and top for the address box at the bottom. This would effectively give me margins for the text that would be constrained to 3.5" at the top, 2.5" at the left side, and 3" at the bottom. With no objects constraining the right side, text would fill to the default 0.75" specified in the page setup.
Text typed (or pasted) into this template would fill to these margins for the first page, but would automatically flow into the set margins on the following pages with no need to insert a break of any kind.
The Page Setup dialog defines the margins to be used for a Word "Section", but per my example above, objects placed within any of the 3 types of headers and/or footers can cause the margins to shift.
Consider a letterhead design for a large legal firm where the local firm's principals names are in a 3" high banner across the top, the local firm's address in a 2.5" box across the bottom, and a 2" wide sidebar containing all of the other locations. (I know... ugly or what, but bear with me!)
If these elements are set as text boxes (or as images) in a 1st page header and/or footer, they will effectively "push" the margins on this first page no matter what margins are defined in the Page Setup dialog.
Continuing with my ugly example, assume the default page setup is for a US Letter size (8½ x 11") with margins of 1" at the top and left, and 0.75" on the right and bottom. To ensure there is 0.5" of space between the three objects and the text of the letter, I would choose "Square" for the text wrapping styles, then specify a value of 0.5" as the "Distance from text": bottom for the top banner; right for the box on the left side of the page; and top for the address box at the bottom. This would effectively give me margins for the text that would be constrained to 3.5" at the top, 2.5" at the left side, and 3" at the bottom. With no objects constraining the right side, text would fill to the default 0.75" specified in the page setup.
Text typed (or pasted) into this template would fill to these margins for the first page, but would automatically flow into the set margins on the following pages with no need to insert a break of any kind.
The Page Setup dialog defines the margins to be used for a Word "Section", but per my example above, objects placed within any of the 3 types of headers and/or footers can cause the margins to shift.
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Not sure but the below article should help you -
https://www.extendoffice.com/documents/word/508-word-lock-parts-of-document.html
Good luck with that.
--Raghav.