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1-3/4inch left margin
Under the federal transcript format, typing begins at a 1-3/4 inch left margin and runs to a 3/8 inch right margin.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Typing is to begin on each page at the 1-3/4 inch left margin and continue to the 3/8 inch right margin.”
The Guide, Volume 6, Chapter 18: Transcript Format (federal courts), Judicial Conference of the United States (Guide to Judiciary Policy), copy hosted by a federal district court, 2013, Part 18.9, Margins.
Open the original- What it measures
- The margins are part of a set of rules that make a transcript identical wherever it is printed.
- What it does not show
- Federal rule only.