## Section Margins and Page Size Changes in Embedded Word Object

Q116267

The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a

## SYMPTOMS

If you embed a Word Document Object that contains multiple sections and multiple margin settings in a container (client), Word for Windows changes the margin settings to 0 (zero) inches in all sections.

## CAUSE

By design (to avoid unwanted white space), Word changes the page size of an embedded Word Document Object to 6 inches and changes the margins to 0 (zero) inches. When Word does this in a multisection document with different section margin settings, it sacrifices the position of each section in relation to one another.

## STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed the sacrifice of relative margin settings between sections in an embedded Word Document Object to be a problem in Word versions 6.0 and 6.0a for Windows. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

## WORKAROUND

After you embed the Word Document Object, activate the object and change the margin settings for each section. Word retains these settings when you update the object.

## REFERENCES

"Microsoft Word User's Guide," version 6.0, pages 602-606

Additional query words: 6.00a winword word6

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