Re: [libreoffice-users] Need header outside right margin

Well, I provided a bad example. What I'm being asked to do 
is pretty close to the latest format from MLA. The only 
difference is that outside the margin thing. I don't know 
where that's from, but that's what I have to do.

If I can't get styles to work, I'll try your technique.

Thanks,
-Bill

On 6/26/2013 1:19 PM, Brian Barker wrote:
> At 06:01 26/06/2013 -0400, William Drago wrote:
> > I am working on a research paper. The required page 
> > layout puts last name, working title, and page number in 
> > the upper right hand corner of each page, outside the 
> > right hand margin.  It is similar to what is shown here, 
> > but has to appear on every page, not just the first page, 
> > and has to be outside the right margin and closer to the 
> > top of the page.
> >
> > http://www15.uta.fi/FAST/PK6/CITEX/TRADMOD/trad-mla.html
>
> Aargh!  To follow that, you might want to time-travel to 
> the previous millennium and purchase a typewriter!
>
> > How can this be done in LO Writer?
>
> Fairly easily, I think.  First, the page margins are the 
> printing limits, so you need to set these wide enough to 
> contain the extra material at the top of each page.  Now 
> insert a header, using Insert | Header, and enter the 
> required material.
>
> Now your only problem is that you need the main text not 
> to spread as far as your newly extended right margin.  
> There are probably a number of ways to do that; the 
> easiest may be to modify your paragraph style.  
> Right-click in the text and go to Edit Paragraph Style... 
> | Indents & Spacing | Indent and set the "After text" 
> value to however much you extended the right margin to 
> accommodate your header.  This will move the paragraph 
> margin for all your text back to where you want it.  (This 
> won't work if you have applied contradictory local 
> paragraph formatting, of course.  If necessary, use Format 
> | Default Formatting (or Ctrl+M) to remove this.)
>
> I trust this helps.
>
> Brian Barker


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