Q185528: WD97: Can’t Change Mirror Margins Option by Section

Article: Q185528
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbdta kblayout
Last Modified: 14-NOV-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you are working in a document with multiple sections in Microsoft Word,
selecting the Mirror Margins option for one section of the document turns on
Mirror Margins in all sections of the document. It is not possible to turn the
option on or off for just one section of a document.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION
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To turn the Mirror Margins option on and off, follow these steps:

1. On the File menu, click Page Setup, and then click the Margins tab.

2. Click to select (check) or clear (uncheck) the Mirror Margins check box.

  Click OK.

  NOTE: In the Apply To list, selecting either This Section or This Point
  Forward has no effect on the Mirror Margins setting. If Mirror Margins is
  selected, the setting will apply to the whole document; if Mirror Margins is
  cleared, the setting will not be applied to any part of the document.

You cannot mirror margins in both portrait and landscape sections in the same
document. Only one kind of orientation will actually mirror its margins, and
that is determined by the orientation of the first section in the document.

For example, in a document which starts with portrait, with other sections the
other landscape, Word confuses the margins in the landscape sections, and the
side margins will not Mirror in those sections. You will not see Inside and
Outside for the margin labels under Page Setup, Margins. You will still see Left
and Right margin labels.

Hence, the sections having orientation matching that of the first section will
Mirror normally.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbdta kblayout 
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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