using several margin settings

[tracymar58]

I create at least 30 Word documents a day and am getting tired of having to set the custom margins almost every time. Some documents have .75 margins (I changed the default to that). Others have .5 margins. If I create .75 margins, and change the next document to .5 margins, the .75 margins option is deleted from the margin menu in layout, so for the next document I have to choose custom margin and type in the .75 settings again. That deletes the .5 margin settings, so for the next .5 margins I have to repeat the process, but that deletes the .75 margin settings. It's driving me crazy. Apparently any new margin setting deletes the top one. There's no way to get rid of any of the others or to change them. HELP! There must be some way to edit the margins menu or to keep the two margin settings one uses most frequently in it. I'm using Word 2016 in Windows 2010. I'm probably losing about 20 minutes a day and dealing with daylong frustration because of this. Tracy

[macropod]

You should create a separate template for each margin configuration you require, then base each new document on the appropriate template. See: https://support.office.com/en-us/art...ad=US&fromAR=1

[tracymar58]

Thank you. It's a bit of a nuisance to not be able to do a control N to open a new document and to need to do several extra clicks to get to a specific template, but it's easier than having to keep setting custom margins every few minutes. Tracy

[macropod]

Ctrl-N only creates a new document based on Word's 'Normal' template, so you'll only ever get a new document with whatever setup that has (which can be changed). As an alternative to using different templates, you could add a macro to the Normal template that prompts you for the margin settings whenever you create a new document. It's not clear from your posts, though, whether the margins you're referring to are top & bottom, left & right, or all-around.

[tracymar58]

I'm referring to all-around margins. I have no idea how to create a macros, but I do see that there is how-to help available online on the subject, so I may try it in the future.

[macropod]

The macro for that could be coded as:

Private Sub Document_New()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim sngWdth As Single, StrIn As String
StrIn = InputBox("Please specify a margin width, in decimal inches", "Margin Setup", "1.00")
If IsNumeric(StrIn) Then
  sngWdth = InchesToPoints(CSng(StrIn))
Else
  Exit Sub
End If
With ActiveDocument.PageSetup
  .LeftMargin = sngWdth
  .RightMargin = sngWdth
  .TopMargin = sngWdth
  .BottomMargin = sngWdth
End With
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

To use it, start Word and press Alt-F11 to open the VBA Editor. On the left, you should see and entry named 'Normal' and, below that, and entry for 'Microsoft Word Objects' and, below that, an entry named 'ThisDocument'. Double-click on that and paste the above code into the main window. Done. If Word prompts you to save changes to the Normal template when next you exit Word, do so. From now on, entering a single value into the input box you'll get as a prompt every time you create a new document, your new document will get all-round margins with that value. As coded, the macro defaults to the standard 1.00in margins.

[Charles Kenyon]

Here is a link to explain how to get the legacy File New dialog. You can make that the response to Ctrl+N that dialog.
File New Variations in the Versions of Word

Background:
Templates in Microsoft Word

This is a method to replace the default template with a different one.
Easy New Document Template Package