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Depending on the specific characteristics of the document you create, you might need to make layout choices that affect the number of columns you use, the settings you choose for headers and footers, text alignment, line numbering, and more. The Layout tab of the Page Setup dialog box brings all those options together so that you can make your choices in one place.
Word gives you the option of choosing where you want your new sections to begin. Whenever you choose the This Point Forward option in the Apply To drop-down list, Word begins a new section and applies the page settings you've selected. Display your section choices by clicking the Section Start down arrow on the Layout tab of the Page Setup dialog box. Then select your choice from the displayed list:
For more information on working with sections, see Chapter 9, "Formatting Columns and Sections for Advanced Text Control."
Headers and footers are an important part of longer documents. You'll use headers and footers to provide readers with important information about the publication, which could include the title, the author, the page number, and other data items. When you want to create headers and footers that are different for odd and even pages, you enter that setting in the Page Setup dialog box. Here are the steps:
Word also gives you the option of indicating how you want the text between the top and bottom margins of your page to be aligned. On the Layout tab of the Page Setup dialog box, click the Vertical Alignment down arrow to see a list of your choices. You can choose Top, Center, Justified, or Bottom. If you click Center, for example, Word will center the document between top and bottom margins. If you choose Bottom, Word aligns text with the bottom margin.
If you're working on a document that requires line numbering, you can use Page Setup settings to add the numbers automatically. As with the other settings, you can choose whether you want to number the entire document or a selected section. To turn on line numbering, follow these steps:
Figure 21-4. In the Line Numbers dialog box, you can elect to add line numbering for a section or for the entire document.
Inside Out
If you want to set up the page and section borders for your document while you're taking care of the rest of your page settings, you can do so in the Page Setup dialog box. Click the Layout tab, and click the Borders button. The Borders And Shading dialog box appears; here you can make the selections you want for the border.
For full coverage about this process, see Chapter 24, "Drawing Attention to your Document with Borders and Shading."