On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 17:04:10 -0400 Dick Margulis
<margulisd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote :
>Ike wrote:
>> On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 14:49:05 -0400 Dick Margulis
>> <margulisd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote :
>>
>>> Ike wrote:
>>>> Is it possible in PageMaker to have left & right MasterPages with
>>>> slightly offset left & right margins AND be able to place a
multi-page
>>>> story from the text editor onto page 1 and have PageMaker
>>>> automatically select the left and right MasterPage as the text
>>>> auto-flows flow page 1 to 2 to 3, etc.?
>>>>
>>>> I currently have a 2-page MasterPage. When I change the margin
setting
>>>> it changes it on both the left and right pages. Ideally, I would be
>>>> able to set the margins on the left & right pages separately.
>>>
>>> In your do***ent setup, be sure "facing pages" is checked.
>>
>> Hi Dick,
>>
>> I have already tried it that way. The dialog box still only allows me
>> to set the left & right margins for both pages the same. In other
>> words, I need the left page to be Inside .5" and the Outside .375";
>> and then I need the right page to be Inside .423" and the Outside
>> ..452".
>>
>> I understand this sounds like a very odd format, but with the fixed
>> width of the images everything ultimately lines up centered and spaced
>> properly with no additional manual formatting.
>>
>> My guess is that PageMaker does not give the user the option of
>> creating different margins for even/odd pages.
>
>Ah, I misunderstood.
>
>Yes, you can do that. On the master spread you can grab and drag the
>margin guides. I _believe_ you can then autoflow into those changed
>margins. However, my PageMaker machine bit the dust last week; so I no
>longer have it installed anywhere.
You were absolutely correct. I had not tried to drag the margin
guides. I tested it and it worked like a champ with autoflow. Thank
you!
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