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Page Setup in Ms-Word

You may find that the default margin settings in Word are not sufficient for the document you want to create, in which case you will want to change these settings.


In this session, you will learn how to change the page orientation, paper size, and page margins.



Click the Margins button and select Custom Margins from the drop-down menu.

 

The Page Setup dialog box displays. Make sure the Margins tab is active. Enter the margins you want to use as the default margins in the TopBottomLeft, and Right edit boxes in the Margins section. Click the Default button.

                                      

Note : The gutter margin is an additional margin added to a page layout to compensate for the part of the paper made unusable by the binding process. The gutter margin is on the left or top of the  page.


How to change orientation in Ms-Word document

 Page Orientation refers to the direction in which a document is displayed. It is of two types; portrait (vertical) and landscape (horizontal). The default orientation is portrait

Portrait Orientation makes a page stand. Providing more vertical space, but less horizontal space. It looks like this.

 


 

Landscape Orientation, on the other hand, makes a page lay on its longer side, offering more horizontal space, but less vertical space. It looks like this.

 



Orientation can be changed from Portrait to landscape and landscape to Portrait by following these steps.

1.            Select the pages or paragraphs whose orientation you want to change.

2.            There are two methods to change orientation

    1. First method is to direct click.
      1. Click Orientation button in the Page Layout ribbon.
      2. Then click on Portrait or Landscape option.
    2. Second Method
      1. Click Margins in the Page Layout ribbon.
      2. Click Custom margins.
      3. Go to Orientation block then click on Portrait or Landscape option which one you require.

3.    Click the OK Button to Apply the layout.

 So, This is all about Page orientation in MS-Word. It is easy to learn, just keep practicing it. 

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