M
MBD
I need to force my page to have 25 lines, no more, no less, regardless of
font size or margins. How can I do this?
font size or margins. How can I do this?
G
grammatim
The number of lines is determined entirely by the font size and
margins.
If you want to add a Page Break every time you've typed 25 lines, you
could turn on Line Numbering, which is on the Layout tab of the Page
Setup dialog (near the bottom left).
margins.
If you want to add a Page Break every time you've typed 25 lines, you
could turn on Line Numbering, which is on the Layout tab of the Page
Setup dialog (near the bottom left).
J
Jay Freedman
To make the point more concretely, if you happened to set the font size to 72
points, you could fit only seven or eight lines per letter-size page. While this
may seem an absurd example, the original request doesn't exclude it.
Additional information about this issue is at
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BottomLine.htm.
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points, you could fit only seven or eight lines per letter-size page. While this
may seem an absurd example, the original request doesn't exclude it.
Additional information about this issue is at
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BottomLine.htm.
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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S
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Your duplicate question in word.newusers was answered yesterday.
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Words into Type
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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
M
MBD
Yes, one of my questions from the prior post was answered, the one
pertaining to widow/orphan control. Thank you.
On to the next part of the question. Do I assume that there is no way to
force 25 lines per page regardless of font, etc? I read where different
fonts, sizes, etc. is what determines # of lines as well as footnotes, etc.
I was able to adjust it to 25 lines per page until I added my page numbers,
and it changed to 24. Back to adjusting...
pertaining to widow/orphan control. Thank you.
On to the next part of the question. Do I assume that there is no way to
force 25 lines per page regardless of font, etc? I read where different
fonts, sizes, etc. is what determines # of lines as well as footnotes, etc.
I was able to adjust it to 25 lines per page until I added my page numbers,
and it changed to 24. Back to adjusting...
G
grammatim
Nu, why did you mess with your formatting _after_ you'd gotten it
right?
If your header or footer margin was outside your text margin, why did
it affect the vertical height available?
right?
If your header or footer margin was outside your text margin, why did
it affect the vertical height available?
C
CyberTaz
It isn't an "assumption", it's a fact 
Nothing personal, but the concept
of "lines per page" is as contrived & archaic as "2 spaces between
sentences" and using empty paragraphs to separate paragraphs containing
text. They all revolve around the limitations & constraints of a fixed
monospaced mechanical device called a typewriter.
Contemporary word processing is virtually the same as type-*setting* rather
than type-*writing* & incorporates automatic spacing adjustments predicated
on typesetting standards - proportional spacing rather than fixed. So even
using monospaced fonts the width of characters & spacing between them can
vary even if the font size remains unchanged. IOW, changing from one font to
another can alter the number of characters per line which will alter the
flow of the text, and there's even more fluctuation with proportional fonts
designed to avoid crowding & gapping of the text - enhancing readability.
Before you added the page numbers your document did not use the Footer area
so you were able to "force" the 25 lines. However, once you inserted the
page numbers the Footer claimed its rightful space which reduced the amount
of vertical space on each page available for the text.
It isn't that it's impossible to do what you want to do, but all of your
parameters need to be calculated & set *first* - otherwise you wind up like
the proverbial dog chasing its tail every time you change something or add
something new... Can you imagine trying to play football on a field whose
dimensions are constantly being redefined & the rules keep changing?
Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
Nothing personal, but the conceptof "lines per page" is as contrived & archaic as "2 spaces between
sentences" and using empty paragraphs to separate paragraphs containing
text. They all revolve around the limitations & constraints of a fixed
monospaced mechanical device called a typewriter.
Contemporary word processing is virtually the same as type-*setting* rather
than type-*writing* & incorporates automatic spacing adjustments predicated
on typesetting standards - proportional spacing rather than fixed. So even
using monospaced fonts the width of characters & spacing between them can
vary even if the font size remains unchanged. IOW, changing from one font to
another can alter the number of characters per line which will alter the
flow of the text, and there's even more fluctuation with proportional fonts
designed to avoid crowding & gapping of the text - enhancing readability.
Before you added the page numbers your document did not use the Footer area
so you were able to "force" the 25 lines. However, once you inserted the
page numbers the Footer claimed its rightful space which reduced the amount
of vertical space on each page available for the text.
It isn't that it's impossible to do what you want to do, but all of your
parameters need to be calculated & set *first* - otherwise you wind up like
the proverbial dog chasing its tail every time you change something or add
something new... Can you imagine trying to play football on a field whose
dimensions are constantly being redefined & the rules keep changing?
Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac