Hi! I want to use a different margin for selected text in my document. I thought I knew how to do it but I ran into a problem. I am using MS Word 7. My document has 1" margins and I selected a paragraph to have 1 1/2 " margins. What I did was selected the text that I wanted to change. Then I clicked on the Layout tab. Then I choose Margins, then Custom Margins. On the margin screen I changed the left and right margin, then I clicked Apply to: Selected Text. Now I hit OK. The margins did change for the selected text, but the paragraph was moved to the next page. Now I have a half page gap between the text in my document and the selected text. How do I get rid of that half page gap?

Any ideas?

Rich from NC

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Is there a reason for not just using a different left and/or right indent for the range of interest? That's generally much easier than changing the margins.

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Thank you for answering!

Yes! I am formatting for a book. The regular text is one set of margins, but a quote longer than a few lines, needs to be indented for the length of the quote. I have half a half a page of text that needs to have a larger margin on either side.

Rich from NC

Try it!

Changing margins adds section breaks, adding much complexity to your document. Indents are paragraph-level formatting while margins are section-level formatting. Margins and Indents in Word

Sections / Headers and Footers in Microsoft Word 2007-2016

In the screenshot below, the blue arrows indicate the margins. The red arrows, the indents. Indents can be inside margins or outside them.

This can be set in a style and easily applied consistently.

Understanding Styles in Microsoft Word

I suspect that you want to spend a bit of time here. It will give techniques and vocabulary and save you a lot of time.
Basic Concepts of Microsoft Word - from Shauna Kelly

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Rich, the method you want to use is one that I would use in Wordperfect. It is not what you want to do in Word.

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