Help for Lotus Notes 8 (basic configuration)

WORKING WITH NOTES DOCUMENTS

Setting margins
You can set the left and right margin for display and for printing. IBM® Lotus® Notes® automatically sets the right margin for display based on the size of the Notes window. Make sure you specify the right margin in relation to the page size.

You can create absolute margins (inches) or relative margins (percentages).

The Absolute option sets the margins to the specified number of inches, regardless of the width of the document. For example, to specify a 1-inch right margin on 8.5-inch wide paper, set the right margin to 7.5 inches.
The Relative option specifies the percentage of the document's width to use. For example, if a document is 10 inches wide and you specify a relative left margin of 50 percent, then the left margin begins at the 5.0-inch mark.

To set margins using text properties

1. Put the document in Edit mode.

2. Select the paragraph(s).

3. Click Text > Text Properties.

Note

To set margins for text that contains a hotspot, button, attachment, or object, select the item, and click <

Item

Properties

. (Notes sets margins for the paragraph that contains the item.)

4. Click the Paragraph Margins tab.

5. Select Absolute (inches) or Relative (percentages) in the fields for the left and right margins in the Margins section.

6. Adjust margins in the Left and Right text fields in the Margins section; click the check mark to save.

Tip You can also set print margins for an entire document. Click File > Page Setup (Macintosh users, click File > Print; click Margins).

To set margins with the ruler

You can view and set margins on the ruler.

1. Put the document in Edit mode.

2. Select the paragraph(s).

3. Click View > Ruler.

4. Perform any of the following tasks:

Task Action

Set the left margin for a paragraph Select the paragraph and then drag the bottom left triangle

Set the right margin Drag the bottom right triangle
Note If the right margin is set to Relative 100%, the right triangle on the ruler is not visible. Change the value of the right margin to a lower number to see the right triangle.

Indent selected text or the first line of a paragraph Drag the top left triangle

Shift all left margins without changing settings (such as tabs and indents) Drag the bar connected to the bottom left triangle

Set a tab

Put your cursor in front of the text you want to tab
Drag the bottom triangle
Press Tab.

See Also

Creating and saving Notes documents

Editing documents

Setting up the page for printing

Using the ruler to format paragraphs

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Task	Action
Set the left margin for a paragraph	Select the paragraph and then drag the bottom left triangle
Set the right margin	Drag the bottom right triangle Note If the right margin is set to Relative 100%, the right triangle on the ruler is not visible. Change the value of the right margin to a lower number to see the right triangle.
Indent selected text or the first line of a paragraph	Drag the top left triangle
Shift all left margins without changing settings (such as tabs and indents)	Drag the bar connected to the bottom left triangle
Set a tab	Put your cursor in front of the text you want to tab Drag the bottom triangle Press Tab.