Space before a Title

Question

I have a title which I want to give a top margin. However, specifying a paragraph spacing before the title doesn't work if I don't have a paragraph above the title.

How can I make my title have a margin top even if it is on a new page with no paragraph above ?

Xaltar · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-20T07:18:16.817

1

One solution is to select the title paragraph and open the Borders and Shading dialog:

Borders and Shading dialog

Assign a white top border to the paragraph, and then click Options. Set the Top value as desired.

Now the title text will have a top margin; i.e., it will be pushed that far down from the top of the page.

However, it is not possible to get down further than 31pt.

edited Jun 20 '13 at 07:18

answered Jun 19 '13 at 15:26

Xaltar

260

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 20 '13 at 00:43

1

A simpler approach is to put an empty paragraph above the title. Then “Spacing Before” works:

example of spacing by dummy (empty) paragraph

answered Jun 20 '13 at 00:43

Scott - Слава Україні

22,532

Space before a Title

2 Answers2