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From Jerre:
>>>Could someone with experience in MS Word 6.0 tell me how in the world you
>>>add crop marks to a document? I have a custom page size (7.38" x 9.06")
>>>and already have headers and footers that include borders. I've 'heard'
>>>something (?) about 'tables in headers and footers' but can't figure out
>>>how that could be compatible with my page layout.
I replied:
>> I had never tried it before but yes it works. All you have to do is set up a
>> 3x1 table in the header or footer. Have the 1st and 3rd column outside of the
>> desired page size and add border to some sides of these cells. That'll do it.
>>
Jerre again:
>Thanks! THAT makes sense; everything else I've been told *hasn't* so far,
>but this does! So I assume that my 'normal header' goes 'inside' the
>center column of the table, right?
Exactly, remember that to add TABs in table you must fo Ctrl+TAB.
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Josee Sevigny Technical Writer
joseey -at- m3isystems -dot- qc -dot- ca
M3i Systems Inc., Longueuil, QC
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