Word 2013

Uaon · 30 Mar 2016 at 16:08

Hi guys have an exam coming up this Friday and I am a but rusty with word can anyone please explain to me what this means and how to do it? :confused:

"Enter the following text with an unjustified right margin and a justified left margin."

Thanks in advance

Paul11 · 30 Mar 2016 at 16:13

i believe that means just everythign lined up to the left.

Uaon · 30 Mar 2016 at 16:14

Paul11 said:
i believe that means just everything lined up to the left.

So it's just a cryptic way of saying left align the document?

Orcvader · 30 Mar 2016 at 17:07

Pretty much. Isn't that the default on word anyway?

Uaon · 30 Mar 2016 at 18:07

Orcvader said:
Pretty much. Isn't that the default on word anyway?

Yes, I was going through some mock exams in preparation, tbh they really over complicate what should be simple instructions. Another example here is

"Enter the following text with an unjustified right margin and a unjustified left margin" So does this mean center alignment or justified ?

this_is_gav · 30 Mar 2016 at 18:21

Centre aligned.

Who thinks these questions up? Surely the point of education (at any level) is to help prepare you for life through teaching you as best as is possible. Which boss is going to ask you to ask you to write a document with an "unjustified left and right margin"?

I work in a school and whole point of education has been completely and utterly lost (at OFSTED level). Apparently it's no different post-school.

Uaon · 30 Mar 2016 at 18:38

Yea it's a joke, I'm taking a refresher/up skill course and to be honest the way they word the instructions is a joke. When I asked the same question to my tutor she just replied with "justified is the last icon beside centre align etc - it's where word bases what the piece of texts size is and then justifies it in place. So if one paragraph you are asked to justify you would highlight it and then click on the justified icon. Hope that makes sense" Which didn't answer my question at all -_- Instead told me something I already knew and wasn't relative to my question.

El_Watcher · 31 Mar 2016 at 15:23

Surely that is the only way to write it to specify that the page has margins on both sides, so that text does not run to the edge of the paper

Otherwise just saying left aligned would run the text down the left edge of the paper, with the text touching the right edge where applicable, i.e. not what is intended.

Uaon · 1 Apr 2016 at 12:51

El_Watcher said:
Surely that is the only way to write it to specify that the page has margins on both sides, so that text does not run to the edge of the paper

Otherwise just saying left aligned would run the text down the left edge of the paper, with the text touching the right edge where applicable, i.e. not what is intended.

Not with default page margins, which are 2.54 cm default