Want to print outside margins of Word 2003

[Guest]

How do I print in the left margin? I need the print to be vertical, so when
filing the page I can see the name. Also, is there a way to do this letter as
a form and a "field" would be picked up, turned vertical and placed in the
left margin? Or am I asking too much. This would be very helpful. Thank you.
ji

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Put the text inside a textbox and you can then change the direction of it.
If you want it to appear on every page, anchor the text box to the header or
footer (that is have the selection in a paragraph in the header or footer
when you insert the textbox).

If you set up the letter as a protected document using formfields, you can
insert a cross reference to the text of the bookmark assigned to the
formfield that contains the data that you want to appear in the margin. In
such a case however, setting the "Calculate on exit" attribute of the
formfield will not update the cross reference and it is necessary to do a
print preview to see the result. You could do that automatically by running
a macro containing the following code on exit from the formfield

With ActiveDocument
.PrintPreview
.ClosePrintPreview
End With

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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Guest]

Thank you... Got the first part to work beautifully. I am working on the
second part using the formfields. It has been 2 years since I have created a
form so it may take me some time and I have never used a macro for this
before. I will try it and let you know. Thanks for your help, I have been
trying to create this for several years with limited success. ji

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If the document is not a form already, I would not advise making it one. If
you want the information to appear on every page, anchor your text box,
frame, or table cell to the header. If the information already appears in
the document, a StyleRef field is the most efficient way to pick it up
(especially in a form, where REF fields in headers are not updated). See
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/StyleRef.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

Ok, Wow, thanks! I tried the form cross ref and it worked. Thank you very
much. Right now I am happy with it and not sure if I will try to create a
marco yet. This is the first time I have tried this forum. It is great. ji