Mirror Margin problem

[Ilfracombe]

I have created a document of 150 pages, the bulk of which will be
printed double sided, and so I have formatted it with Mirror Margins,
4cm inside and 2cm outside. However, I want the introduction section
to be single sided, with 4cm on the left, 2cm on the right. I thought
it would be simple, but when I turn off Mirror Margins for that first
section, and choose the 'this section only' option, Mirror Margins get
turned off for the whole document.
What should I do? The only option as far as I can see is to call each
page in the introduction a section, and insert a 'new section=odd
page'. But that leaves page numbers on the blank pages, which I don't
want.
There must surely be some simple way to do what I want.

 

[John McGhie]

You need a section break at the dividing line where you want to change the
page layout.

"Page-Level" properties, such as headers, footers, and margins are stored in
the section break following the text to which they apply.

I have created a document of 150 pages, the bulk of which will be
printed double sided, and so I have formatted it with Mirror Margins,
4cm inside and 2cm outside. However, I want the introduction section
to be single sided, with 4cm on the left, 2cm on the right. I thought
it would be simple, but when I turn off Mirror Margins for that first
section, and choose the 'this section only' option, Mirror Margins get
turned off for the whole document.
What should I do? The only option as far as I can see is to call each
page in the introduction a section, and insert a 'new section=odd
page'. But that leaves page numbers on the blank pages, which I don't
want.
There must surely be some simple way to do what I want.

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[webbysign]

You need a section break at the dividing line where you want to change the
page layout.

Thank you, but there is already a section break, of course. Otherwise
it wouldn't be a section, and the option 'apply to this section' would
not appear.
There are fifteen sections in the whole document, and in fact this
happens no matter which section I choose. I open Document in the
Format menu, unclick Mirror Margins, and choose 'apply to this
section'. But then Mirror Margins disappear in all the sections.
This is Word 2004, by the way. If I make other changes, like simple
margin changes, then those do apply to that section only, if I so
wish, but unclicking the Mirror margins applies to the whole document,
even if I request otherwise.
If this is just the way Word 2004 behaves, I really would like to know
how I can get around it, and have one section without mirror margins
(and printed one side only). I could simply print it as a separate
document, but in this case it is not a good solution.

 

[Ilfracombe]

You need a section break at the dividing line where you want to change the
page layout.

Thank you, but there is already a section break, of course. Otherwise
it wouldn't be a section, and the option 'apply to this section'
would
not appear.
There are fifteen sections in the whole document, and in fact this
happens no matter which section I choose. I open Document in the
Format menu, unclick Mirror Margins, and choose 'apply to this
section'. But then Mirror Margins disappear in all the sections.
This is Word 2004, by the way. If I make other changes, like simple
margin changes, then those do apply to that section only, if I so
wish, but unclicking the Mirror margins applies to the whole
document,
even if I request otherwise.
If this is just the way Word 2004 behaves, I really would like to
know
how I can get around it, and have one section without mirror margins
(and printed one side only). I could simply print it as a separate
document, but in this case it is not a good solution.

 

[John McGhie]

Thank you, but there is already a section break, of course. Otherwise
it wouldn't be a section, and the option 'apply to this section' would
not appear.

Sorry about that! In here it does pay to check, because what Word describes
as a "Section" and what "people" consider to be a section, are two different
things. I have learned through bitter experience to check carefully in here
that the user is describing the situation using the terms Word uses...)

There are fifteen sections in the whole document, and in fact this
happens no matter which section I choose. I open Document in the
Format menu, unclick Mirror Margins, and choose 'apply to this
section'. But then Mirror Margins disappear in all the sections.
This is Word 2004, by the way. If I make other changes, like simple
margin changes, then those do apply to that section only, if I so
wish, but unclicking the Mirror margins applies to the whole document,
even if I request otherwise.

If this is just the way Word 2004 behaves, I really would like to know
how I can get around it, and have one section without mirror margins
(and printed one side only). I could simply print it as a separate
document, but in this case it is not a good solution.

This does seem to be the way Word 2004 behaves -- and Word 2008 does it too.
It would appear the "Mirror Margins" property applies to the entire
document.

Since they are both doing it, I guess it must be "By Design". I am sorry,
but I had not thought that that was the case.

I am sorry, but printing as separate documents appears to be the only way
around it.

Hope this helps

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