Dave Price wrote:
Andre,
You can do this for the document you are working on by choosing
"Format -> Page" and setting the margins any way you want.
If you want every new document you create to default to this page format,
you need to create a new 'template' with the margins and other settings you
would prefer (this is your normal.dot in MS-Word lingo)
It is a bit involved, but makes sence once you have done it (I might have
thought that merely changing the Default Page Style in the Stylist (F-11)
would have worked, but not quite)
For help on this, look up 'default documents' in OOo's HELP ... but here are
the steps:
* Start a new document, and set it as you like, margins, or whatever
Changing Default Templates
* Save the document by choosing *File* - *Templates - Save *and saving the
document in the *Default* category (give it any name you like).
Changing Default TemplatesChanging Default Templates
* Choose *File - Templates - Organize*.
* Double-click *Default* in the list on the left. You will see the
user-defined templates in the directory {installpath}\user\template. Select
the template you have just saved and open the context menu or open the
submenu of the *Commands* button.
* Choose *Set As Default Template*. The next time you open a new text
document, the new document will be based on the new default template.
Now that you know a bit about templates, take a closer look at the 'New
Document' button ( in the toolbar right under the 'File' Menu. ) If you just
click on it, you get a new document - based on whatever your default
template happens to be. This is just like MS-Word so far, but notice the
little blue triangle in the upper-right of the icon?
What I always do when I set up MS-Word is replace the default File/New
button with with one that does "File / New ... " (the ellipses mean FROM A
TEMPLATE)
This is not needed in OOo, since that button is really a drop down list :-)
- click on it and hold your mouse button for a moment, the list will drop
down. The last item "Template and Documents" is where you want to go to see
your own selection of templates - including the one you just set as your
default one, and any other special templates you decide to set up later.
OOo rocks!
aloha (and have a lot of fun!)
dave
On 9/22/05, Andre Stephenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
How do I change the default margins to be 1" on each side?
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Andre Stephenson
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aloha,
dave
OOo Rocks harder now. Thanks Dave, you've sorted my unasked question.
Bill
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