Setting margins using format and document

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Setting margins using format and document

I am using Appleworks 6.2.9 with OS 10.6.8. I tried to change the margins on a document by going to format then document on the drop down menu as I have down a million times before. This time when I tried to enter .75 for the top and bottom margins, a message popped up which said it was in invalid #. I also tried .5, 1, .33. None of these worked. They have all worked in the past.

What form does the # need to be in to be able to change the margin width at the top, bottom, and sides? Nothing I entered worked.

Thanks!

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Dec 6, 2012 9:48 AM

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Answer 1

Peggy

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Dec 6, 2012 11:43 AM in response to Zanny46

There are a lot of things that don't work in Snow Leopard as they used to in earlier versions of OS X. The only thing to do to get all of the functionality of AppleWorks is to use an earlier version of OS X, perhaps Tiger, 10.4.11.

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Dec 6, 2012 12:23 PM in response to Zanny46

This won't help you but it's fine for me in 10.6.7.

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Zanny46 Author

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Dec 6, 2012 1:42 PM in response to Zanny46

I actually solved my own problem so am replying to myself or anyone else who might see this. I completely turned off the computer and when I opened everything back up, the formatting issue had fixed itself.

Guess when problem solving try the simplest thing first....turn the computer off and on!

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