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In the Margins section, specify the size of the margins in your preferred unit of

measurement. If you select Mirrored margins in the Page layout settings, the left

margin becomes the Inner margin, while the right margin becomes the Outer

margin.

In the Layout settings section, choose the desired Page layout from the four available

options. Decide whether the page style being defined applies to both left and right

pages (default) or if instead it should be applied only to one or the other types. Some

considerations:

• If you plan to bind the printed pages using this style like a book, select a

mirrored layout. Use the Format drop-down menu to determine the page

numbering style to apply to this page style.

• A common practice in page layouts is to have asymmetrical page margins—

both for left and right margins and for top and bottom margins. There are

various schemes for accomplishing this. The most common of them follow

these two general rules for printed page layouts: (a) The outer margin (right

margin on a right-hand page) would have a wider margin than an inner margin

(left margin on a right-hand page); (b) The bottom margin would be larger than

a top margin. The rationale for an asymmetrical page layout is allowing more

space for readers to place their hands while holding the books or other printed

documents. About.com describes some page layouts on their Web site: Perfect

Proportions Using Page Margins in Desktop Publishing.

• If you want the first page of a new chapter to always start on a right (recto)

page, make sure that the page style for the first chapter page is set for the

right page only by making this selection in the Layout settings field. The

typical procedure for the rest of a chapter is to define a single “mirrored” page

style for both left and right pages. A mirrored page can have different headers

and footers. If done this way, every chapter will use two page styles.

• You can choose to define separate page styles for left and right pages, if you

want the pages to be very different in appearance (for example, different

margins or headers and footers only on right pages but not on left pages;

imagine a book with a full-page photograph on the left pages and text on the

right pages). In that case, make sure that the Next Style field for the first page

style is then set for a left-only page, which, in turn, is then set to be followed

by a right-only page style. If done this way, every chapter will use three page

styles. A hypothetical case might have these page-style names: First page, Left,

and Right.

If you check the Register-true box, Writer will create a vertical grid on the page

with a spacing between grid points that depends on the selected Reference Style.

The vertical grid makes sure that text printed on adjacent columns, opposite pages,

or even both sides of the same sheet of paper, is aligned—making it easier to read as

well as being more pleasant to see.

Background and Border pages

Use the Background page to apply a background or the Border page to draw a

border around text area of the page. You can choose between a solid color or a

graphic image for the background and several styles of line for the borders. Note that

the page area affected by these changes does not include the area outside the

margins. If you plan to print on colored paper and want to have a feel of the final

result you will obtain or want to use a light color for the font, rather than changing

the background,then go to Tools > Options > Openoffice.org and in the

Appearance section, change the Document background color.

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