How to get Word 2003 to make my print layout go from left to right?
2014-01
Shaul
My copy of MS Word 2003 was installed on my computer with the locale set to Israel, so among other things my Normal.dot template was set up for right-to-left. I managed to fix most of the Hebrew support things so that I am working in English by default now. The only thing I haven't found a cure for is how to make the "print layout" view also go from left to right; as things are, the page flow always appears from right to left, even in English documents - IOW, page 1 appears on the right of page 2, as shown below.
I can't see any obvious option to change this. How do I do it?
8088
Your normal.dot file looks fine and even using a machine set to Israel/Hebrew, I am unable to find a fix, but here are some observations and hopefully it can lead you to an answer.
I think that this is down to the regional options of your machine.
When using Hebrew on an English machine, I default left to right.
When I change to Israeli/Hebrew, it still acts "the English way", my guess is that you need to look in the Office installation files and see if you can install the English proofing tools - you may also want to try changing your machines default language to English and see if that changes things.
However, again, wether Hebrew or English, your normal.dot works on my machine even when set to Hebrew/Israel.
Questioner
In Microsoft Word 2007 I want to put a heading in the center of a line with a horisontal line to the left and to the right of the text.
The line must not cross through the text. I have tried using Autoshapes, lines - but then the lines move each time I press enter or backspace and I have to put them in place again manually.
At Borders and Shading there is an "insert horizontal line" option, but this gives me a solid line from the left to the right of the page and I cannot insert text anywhere on it or in it.
The final product should look something like this
------------------------- Heading -------------------------
Please Help
8088
Type "Heading" on the line where you need it.
View -> Check the "Ruler" mark.
In the top left corner of the document area (below the ribbon), there is a little square with funky signs that change if you keep clicking on them (1). The one that's displayed should be the "L" looking, when you hover your mouse over it, it says "Left Tab" (the one that's on the picture is the Right tab). Make sure it is displayed and click on the lower part of the ruler until you see the same shape show up on the ruler. Once you see it there, you can drag it wherever you need it. Find the tab marks on the left of the ruler (you drag them to adjust the left alignment). Make sure your "L" is on top of the bottom piece (2).
Click the corner with funky shapes once, your selection should change to the upside-down "T". Place your upside-down "T" on the lower part of the ruler somewhere in the middle (you can easily adjust it later, so an approximation would work just fine for now) (3).
Click the corner with funky shapes once more, you should see the mirrored "L", now click on the lower part of the ruler again, closer to the right border of the printable area. Once you have the mark there, drag it to the marker that designates the right side of the printable area (4).
Position your cursor before the beginning of your heading. Select "Strikethrough." Hit "Tab" key once. Move your cursor to the end of your heading. Select "Strikethrough". Hit "Tab" key once.
You can now adjust the middle of your heading by dragging the marker on the top of the ruler.
Here's a catch: if you start a new line, remove those markers from the ruler (click and hold your mouse on one of them, drag it down until the mark becomes gray, release your mouse and it will disappear), otherwise next time you hit the "Tab" key, your cursor will move to the middle of the page.
I hope I made it clear, it's hard to explain, but those little markers are a powerful alignment feature, and is very usable for tasks like yours.
muncherelli
Strikethrough won't work. Insert "---", and press enter. This will give you the line you're looking for. Insert a text box onto the middle of that line you just created and change the properties of the background of the text box to be an opaque white (to cover up the part of the line behind the words. If you center the text inside of the text box, you can adjust how much of the "line" you want to cover up by stretching the text box out on the sides.
8088
Put spaces (or tabs) on either side of your word, then apply strikeout to them. Do not strikeout the whole line, just highlight the spaces on either side and apply strikeout to them separately. I'm not sure if word calls it strikeout or strike-through, but look for it in the font options.
I'm pretty sure this is what you want:
