(That is calculated by 8.5 - 1.25 - 1.25 = 6.) You cannot put things outside of this text block, except for special elements such as text boxes. If your paper width is 8.5 inches and your left and right margins are 1.25 inches, then your text block is 6 inches wide. In Pip's case, we are concerned with the width of the text block, which is defined by the left and right margins. These margins define the size of your text block. When you set up your document, you specify margins for that document. What comes into play here are two layout elements: your right margin and the right indent. However, you can work around this by adjusting how you layout your document. Pip is correct-in current versions of Word you cannot set a tab beyond the right margin. She needs a way to place information beyond the right margin as she used to be able to do, and she doesn't want to use text boxes or tables as these unnecessarily complicate the document. In current versions of Word, Pip can still set a tab stop beyond the right margin, but tabbing to the location automatically moves the text to the next line. If she tabbed to this stop, Word would keep the text thus tabbed on the line, even though it was placed beyond the right margin. In older versions of Word (specifically, Word 2003) Pip could right-align a tab stop that was beyond the right margin.

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