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Why is an inline textbox in the header not pushing down the header margin?

David Thielen 2,466 Reputation points
2021-01-02T19:48:06.863+00:00

Hi;

Please take a look at ATE-4758.docx (yes it's super weird - got it from one of our customers). I have what I think is a simple question. In the header of the document it has an inline shape that contains a textbox. Shouldn't that push down the header area reducing the size of the main story (pushing its start down)?

thanks - dave

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  1. Hung-Chun Yu 976 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2021-01-07T19:10:53.38+00:00

    Hi David

    Here is what I found out.

    Per our dev, it's simply a case that the shapes inserted in the table in the header have their wrapping set to in front of text. If you set it to a different wrapping, like "Square", then the shapes push the text below them. Attached are two two simplified files to demonstrate the behavior, one with in front wrapping and one with square wrapping.54523-wraptextoption.jpg54533-squarewrap.xml54484-infront.xml

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  1. Hung-Chun Yu 976 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2021-01-03T01:22:00.543+00:00

    Hi David

    Thank you for contacting Microsoft Open Specifications Support.

    I found an answer from earlier post, here is the highlighted.

    If you've maintained a normal (say, 1") top margin for the document and put this letterhead (as you should) in the First Page Header, then you will also need to add some Spacing After to your address paragraph to generate some "breathing room" between the header and the document body. When a header exceeds the space between header margin and top margin (that is, the distance between 0.5" and 1" in a normal Blank Document), it will push the document text down, but there will be no space between the header and document unless you build some in.

    Another way to approach this, though it would be much more difficult to fine-tune placement, would be to use a two-row, two-column table with a border between the rows. The logo would go in the top left cell and the address in the bottom right. Since Word requires an empty paragraph after the table, space between header and document is built in (you may want to change the spacing or size of that paragraph).

    For more on creating letterhead, see http://wordfaqs.mvps.org/LetterheadRibbon.htm.

    Hopefully, this helped.