Shifting Gutter Position to Right

On second thought, I was over-complicating things. You do not want to use the Gutter at all!

Just set for mirrored margins and set your Outside margin to be wider.

No gutter.

Edit: While this response is accurate, use Mirrored Margins instead of the Gutter as set forth in my next response.

This is not going to change. It is based on publishing norms.

The reason for gutters is to place a wider margin on the side that will be bound or in a binder.

I thought that even with right-to-left languages the binding was on the left. I was mistaken. https://publishdrive.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/7223752717842-Right-to-Left-Reverse-binding

I do not work with right-to-left languages and so there may be a gutter setting of which I am unaware, but I do not think so. As far as I know, you can set this for top or left.

Workaround: If you want to do this and have your text bound on the right side, you would not do it with the margin settings at all but rather with different even and odd headers/footers, which is a document, not a section setting.

See Letterhead Textboxes and Styles Tutorial for an example of using textboxes in the header to reposition text in the body of the document. I will try to come up with a sample for you.

Here is a screenshot from me creating such a setup. The textbox should end up with no color and no border.

Here is a screenshot with the shape formatted to not have a border or fill color.

The shape is set to have text wrap around it and goes almost to the top of the page so that any header or footer text will also be nudged over. The center-tab setting in each of these has to be moved by 1/2 the distance you are using for your pseudo gutter.

Here I show positioning of the left textbox in with the ruler showing. I want the edge of the textbox to be the new pseudo-margin; I have it moving text on the left side by 1/2 inch.

The right-tab on the odd-page does not need to be reset but the center-tab does if you use those. The center-tab setting on the even-page header also needs to be adjusted. The screenshot below is for the odd-page header.

Even-page header

You can select such headers and save them as building blocks for re-use or save a template with them.

If you are using the Different-first-page setting, you need the appropriate shape and tab settings in that as well.

If you are using the center tab in the footer, the tab settings need to be reset for those as well.

Here is a temporary link to the template from which the screenshots were taken. https://www.dropbox.com/s/8d5n7lfjnx6hb9u/Gutter%20on%20Right%20Side%20Workaround%20Headers.dotx?dl=0

References:

• Templates in Microsoft Word
• AutoText
• Letterhead Textboxes and Styles Tutorial
• Header/Footer Settings Recap

Charles,

Thank you for your response. Yes, in right-to-left languages, the binding is on the opposite side (right).

Unless I see a better idea posted, I will give your workaround a try.

Thanks!