# Changing page margins, grafs, etc in WORD **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 26, 2006, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-page-margins-grafs-etc-in-word/354289 "2006-04-26T13:27:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-page-margins-grafs-etc-in-word/354289/21 "2006-04-26T16:41:47Z")
Psst… “Word” isn’t an acronym. There’s no need for the capitals. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-page-margins-grafs-etc-in-word/354289/22 "2006-04-26T16:43:16Z")
[QUOTE=Colophon] Psst… “Word” isn’t an acronym. There’s no need for the capitals. [/QUOTE] It sounds like he might be a little angry with Word right now 😉 ---
**Author:** ![PBear42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PBear42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PBear42)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-page-margins-grafs-etc-in-word/354289/23 "2006-04-26T16:49:39Z")
Oops, missed the margins-and-ruler issue on preview. IMHO, adjusting margins from the ruler is a very bad idea, especially for a newbie. Although you may not realize it, you’re breaking up the document into multiple continuous sections. Keeping them consistent will be a major headache. Instead, **PRR** , set margins for the whole document from File - Page Setup and, if you want some of the paragraphs/lines to be narrower, use Format - Paragraph - Indent (notice that paragraphs can be indented from both left and/or right). ---
**Author:** ![Queuing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/90ced4/32.png) [@Queuing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queuing)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-page-margins-grafs-etc-in-word/354289/24 "2006-04-26T18:55:54Z")
This doesn’t help with your formattiong problems, but Word does have quite a few Resume templates. You could always cut and paste your existing resume into the template. It does all the spacing, justification, whatnot for you. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-page-margins-grafs-etc-in-word/354289/25 "2006-04-26T19:49:58Z")
[QUOTE=Queuing] This doesn’t help with your formattiong problems, but Word does have quite a few Resume templates. You could always cut and paste your existing resume into the template. It does all the spacing, justification, whatnot for you. [/QUOTE] Where would I find one of these templates? ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-page-margins-grafs-etc-in-word/354289/26 "2006-04-26T20:04:23Z")
[QUOTE=pseudotriton ruber ruber] The first few lines of my resume (name, phone numbers, etc) I want to be justified right AND left. I’ve had this done on a previous version so I know it’s possible, but in the FORMAT\>PARAGRAPHING menu, there seems to be no option for r and l justification, only “left” , “centered” “right” and something called “justified,” which doesn’t seem to do anything at all. [/QUOTE] If I understand what you want (Name & address justified at the left margin, phone, email, etc. justified at the right margin, on the same lines), here is a trick to do that. Type the text as separate lines, all the left margin lines first, then all the right margin lines. Then highlight them all, and format it as two columns. Then you can take the text in the right column and format it as right justified. ---
**Author:** ![Queuing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/90ced4/32.png) [@Queuing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queuing)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-page-margins-grafs-etc-in-word/354289/27 "2006-04-26T20:55:07Z")
[QUOTE=pseudotriton ruber ruber] Where would I find one of these templates? [/QUOTE] I only have access to word 2003, and I can’t remember how to do it in any previous word editions. However, in word 2003 you need to use the taskpane (should be open automaitcally when you start word on the right), go to create a new document (bottom of taskpane). In the middle of teh next task pane you will see a template section, this template is located on your computer. In the window that opens you go to the “other documents” tab. There you see a resume wizard, as well as other resume options. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-page-margins-grafs-etc-in-word/354289/28 "2006-04-26T20:59:22Z")
In Word 2000, résumé templates are found under File\>New\>Other Documents. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-page-margins-grafs-etc-in-word/354289/29 "2006-04-26T23:37:44Z")
Thanks, all. Finally got a formatted resume typed. (All day’s work.) I wonder what people without Doper friends (or an IT department) do if they’re not technically inclined. This shit’s about as intuitive as Chinese arithmetic. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-page-margins-grafs-etc-in-word/354289.md?page=1)