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Creating text outside
a document's page margins, along the edge of the page(s) |
There are several ways to create
text along the edges of page(s):
(1) Use a text box that can be dragged into position (and attached
to the current page). Right-click the box to select it, and drag
it into postion. (See Method #3 for more information about placing
and formatting text boxes.)
(2) Use a Watermark so that the material will show up on every page.
Watermarks, like headers and footers, are repeating elements:
they continue until discontinued or replaced by another item
of the same "flavor" (A or B). You can use the Typesetting
feature to place the text precisely on the page, and the text
can be shaded for effect.
(3) Create a text box inside a Watermark so that you can rotate the (text) contents
of the box, and have the text show up on every page in the same
location.
(4) Use an existing macro for the purpose, such as EdgeText,
PrntCopy, or Bates.
Method #2:
- Go to the top of your document
or wherever you want to start the text.
- Click on Insert, Watermark,
Watermark A, Create.
- (NOTE to users of WordPerfect's
Pleading macro: Watermark B is used by the pleading macro, so
you'll want to use Watermark A.)
- When the watermark screen opens,
click Format, Typesetting, Advance.
- Click the "Vertical Position
- From Top of Page" button. Try setting the distance to
10.5" (assuming you use the standard U.S. letter size page;
if not, make the appropriate setting, keeping in mind that inkjet
printers need a certain minimum bottom area for the printer's
rollers to use).
- "Text above position"
should be checked.
- Click Format, Justification,
Center, or click the Justification button on the Watermark property
bar.
- Type your text. If you want
to change the font or size, simply choose the new font/size before
typing.
- On the Watermark property bar,
there's a button that lets you set the shading of the watermark.
Normally, this is set to 25%, but you can set it to 100% to darken
it.
- Click the Close Editor button
on the property bar (or click File, Close) to close the Watermark
screen and return to the main document window.
These steps can be recorded in
a macro with Tools, Macro, Record (use the same command to stop
the macro).
From now on, just play the macro
(which can be assigned to a button, keystroke, or menu; see here). It will insert the Watermark
with your text information at the bottom of the current and subsequent
pages.
Another way to do this is to
use a text box inside a watermark. This will let you rotate
the contents of the box so that the text is oriented 90 (or 270)
degrees from the body text.
Method #3:
- Go to the top of your document
or wherever you want to start the text.
- Click on Insert, Watermark,
Watermark A, Create.
- When the watermark screen opens,
click Insert, Text Box.
- When the Text Box Editor opens,
click the Justification button and choose Center. Click the Font
drop list and Font size list to specify the font and font side
you want to use. Type the text that should show up on all pages.
(Press <Enter> at the end of a line to create multiple
lines.)
- Click the Close button on the
property bar when finished (or click File, Close).
- You should now be back in the
Watermark screen, with a text box in it.
- Right-click directly on the
text box. From the context menu that appears:
- Choose Size. Set the width to
8.5" and the height to 11.0" (assuming you use the
U.S. default letter page size). Click OK.
- Right-click the box again. Choose
Position, and Attach to Page (0" from Left Edge, 0"
from Top of Page). Click OK.
- Right-click the text box and
choose Content. Select Bottom or Top as the Vertical Position
or choose a rotation. (You may need to experiment with rotation
and text position, since the result may sometimes be rotated
in a non-intuitive manner.) Click OK.
- Right-click Border/Fill and
click the empty block icon in "Available Styles." Click
Apply, then OK.
- Click File, Close to exit from
the watermark screen.
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