Help with margins for microsoft word.?

Question

I am taking some online college courses through Axia College, and our documents must be formated a certain way. It says to use 1 inch margins on all sides of the page, which I understand. What I do not understand, is it says to justify the left side of the page, but leave the right side ragged. Can anyone please explain what this means to me and how to do this. I have never heard of this before in my life.

Answer 1

Your Question ( What I do not understand, is it says to justify the left side of the page )



Means that in a paragraph you have to align all text to the left. with a margin of 1 inch. Using Control + L , all text will align at the left side of the paper.

Answer 2

Ragged Margins

Answer 3

It has to do with the way the paragraphs look. Left justify means that all new lines line up on the left. Leaving the right ragged means that you DON'T line up the words on the right... you leave a ragged edge, not a smooth one.



It is possible to space out the words on a line so that your right edge always lines up to the margin... variable spacing between words. This is what they're telling you NOT to do.



All you need to do is left justify... the right side will automatically be ragged.

Answer 4

It means to ONLY left-justify, not full-justify (which makes it a perfect block--justified both left and right. Conversly, right-justify makes the right margin square and leaves the left margin ragged).



LEFT justify only, not full.

Answer 5

its just when all the words are even on the left side but on the right side the words dont have to be lined up. it should already be like that when you start typing anyways. you wouldnt have to change anything for that.