Hi Sam The grey outline that you see when you turn on the Page Layout view is actually the printers capability. i.e. where it can print up to rather than the layout margins on the page. For the technically minded the computer is getting this information from a PPD file which describes what the printer can do. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostScript_Printer_Description
If working with a word processing document the grey bits stay the same and the Document Margin settings just change the edges of the Text area inside the printable area as Tony has said. You won't see any changes in Layout mode as there is nothing on the page to adjust the margins of. So to adjust the grey bit you need to do something different than change Document margins, what you need to do is change the Print margins. Here's how... Open the Document Inspector and click on Page Setup. The printers page setup dialog appears Ensure your printer is selected from the Format For: menu >From the Paper Size: menu choose Manage Custom Sizes Click the + button and enter the details of the paper size you are using and the margins you want to use Give this new paper setup a decent name Click OK and make sure your new paper setup is selected in the Paper Size: menu Click OK again and your document will be set up as you want. When I've had to do something similar I tend to use Alignment Guides. Just place the pointer over a ruler in Layout Mode and drag. A blue alignment guide is created and you can drop it where you want. Hope this helps Cheers B. On 6 February 2010 09:48, sam james <[email protected]> wrote: > Virginia > Thanks for comment but all I get when I click on blue symbol is the > Paragraphs Style pane?! I'll investigate the Apple Shops near here - if any! > Ranulph > I'll try the tutorials, thanks. > Tony > I am in Layout mode, thanks, and can see a grey surround to the test page. > It's 0.5cm wide and never changes whatever I type in to the Set Margin > boxes. Should the Margins change directly the figures are typed in, or does > one have to do something else to make one's choices operational? > John N > ________________________________ > Got a cool Hotmail story? Tell us now > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- Benjamin Stanley - Technical Director - Trilby Multimedia 47-49 Loveday Street, Birmingham, B4 6NR Telephone: 0121 333 6860 www.trilby.co.uk -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
