Section/Different Margins in same doc

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Section/Different Margins in same doc

I have read this Feb 2013 post (Re: document margins/differing on different paragraphs) and it doesn't help.

I have a document and I want the margins on the second page to be different from the other pages. When I use the section break and decheck the match previous section box, any change to the margins affects the entire document, not just the section. It doesn't matter if I hilight the text and change the margins, all document margins move. I've tried every angle I can think of and researched but all document margins are always affected and can't find anything definitive on how to do this.

Pages version is 5.01 on Mavericks OSX 10.9

any help appreciated.

tx, h

Pages-OTHER, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Nov 24, 2013 2:05 PM

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Answer 1

Nov 24, 2013 2:52 PM in response to hmarktaylor

Document settings set for the Document which is why they are called Document settings.

Margins are in the document settings. You can inset Sections inside them but not outside them ie you can make parts smaller, but not larger.

Set your maximum Document settings and then increase the margin indents in whichever sections you want to be smaller. It was easier in Pages '09 which let you do this with Layout breaks.

Peter

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hmarktaylor Author

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Nov 24, 2013 3:55 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

Ok, thanks Peter. That makes sense. I'm used to other apps where I can set the Margins by section. Not sure why they dropped Layout Breaks in favor of this but it does work - just kind of different.

h

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Mar 14, 2016 9:28 AM in response to hmarktaylor

Hello, I really cannot understand how to do this, how to set up the 2nd page a different top margin.

If the above helped you hmarktaylor, could you pls elaborate on it so to be able to do it?

Thanks, Nelson

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Yellowbox

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Mar 15, 2016 2:48 AM in response to NelsonChile

Hi Nelson,

how to set up the 2nd page a different top margin

This is an old thread and is marked as Solved. Best to start a new discussion with your question.

Hint: you can insert a Section Break at the end of Page 1 and format the Page Header on Page 2 to push the body text down 😉.

In your new discussion, please give as many details as you can:

Version of your Operating System;
Version of Pages;
Do you want Page 2 to have a larger or smaller top indent?

See this User Tip:

Writing an effective Apple Support Communities question

I look forward to answering your new question.

Regards,

Ian.

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