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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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