Document Object Margins Default to 0 (Zero) Inches (105714)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0a
- Microsoft Word for Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q105714 SYMPTOMS
When you choose Object from the Insert menu and choose the object type
labeled "Microsoft Word Document" or "Word Document," Word opens
up a document window with margins of 0 (zero) inches on all sides.
CAUSE
Word sets the margins at 0 inches in a document object so your
document does not contain excessive white space around the object due
to the combination of two sets of margin settings.
Word for Windows 6.x
If you want specific margins for all document objects, use an .INI switch
to designate a particular template to be used when word spawns a document
object. The .INI switch oledot=c:\winword6\template\<favorite.dot> must be
added in the [Microsoft Word] section of the WINWORD6.INI, where
<favorite.dot> is the name of any existing template. This allows the
created document object to take on the characteristics, including margins,
of the specified template.
Example of the WINWORD6.INI entry:
[Microsoft Word]
oledot=c:\winword6\template\faxcovr1.dot
Word for Windows95, version 7.0
If you want specific margins for all document objects, use the oledot
setting in the Registry to designate a particular template to be used when
Word spawns a document object. Oledot=C:\Msoffice\templates\<favorite.dot>
must be added to the Registry using the RegOptions macro in the Macro7.dot
template located in the C:\Msoffice\Winword\Macros folder.
Steps to use:
- Open the file Macro7.dot in the Msoffice\Winword\Macros folder
- Choose Macro in the Tools menu
- Select the RegOptions macro and click on run
- Click the Option drop-down menu and select OLEDOT
- Enter the new template path and filename in the Setting section, click
the change button, and click on OK
MORE INFORMATION
Note: The margins indicated in the template will be added to the
margins set for the document into which the document object is placed.
For example, if the document has a left and right margin of 1.25
inches, and the designated template for the inserted object has left
and right margins of 1 inch, the resulting document will reflect
2.25-inch left and right margins where the document object is located.
Additionally, if you want to set custom margins for individual
document objects, you can set the margins when in the document object
editing window in the same way that you set margins for a standard
Word 6.0 document.
REFERENCES
"Microsoft Word User's Guide," version 6.0, pages 231-233, 586
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 8/16/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbformat KB105714 |
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