I'm trying to create a document (a template, actually) where the desire is to have the header and footer margins be smaller on both the right and left sides (i.e., they are wider, spanning more of the page). It seems like the default behavior or Pages is to align the header and footer margins to the document body margins. I can't seem to find a solution and any help is appreciated. Oh Yes, I want the different margins to persist throughout the document.
Sure, you can have different margins, and it's easy to do. Just put your cursor in the header, then adjust the margin sliders in the ruler. Click in the text area and you'll see the that those margins are unaffected by the change. Now do the same thing with the footer. Insert a page break and you'll see that the header margins on page 2 are the same as page 1.
Yes, I tried that, but I can only slide the header/footer box as far as the document margins allow. Unfortunately, that is the same margin usesd by the body of the document--so they move in tandem when I adjust the doc margins via the Inspector.
The easiest way would be to make your document margins the width of the header. Then for the body select some text and press ⌘ +A to highlight all text and move the left and right sliders in for the entire document.
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