How to change page margins in word

Changing or setting the margins on a document is sometimes necessary if you need to reduce its number of pages. Reducing the size of the margins can increase the amount of text displayed on each page. Increasing the size of the margins can decrease the amount of text displayed on a page, but it may improve the readability.

Select one of the following links on changing or setting the margins of a document in the program you are using.

• Setting margins in most software programs.
• Setting margins in Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Setting margins in Google Docs.
• Setting the margins in WordPad.
• Setting margins in OpenOffice Writer.

Setting margins in most software programs

In general, the margins of any document are usually adjusted through the properties, page properties, or page layout of the document. Below are some more specific ways to adjust the margins in the program you may be using.

Setting margins in Microsoft Word and Excel

Microsoft Word and Excel 2007 and later

1. In the Ribbon bar, click the Layout or Page Layout tab, and then click the Margins option.
2. Select one of the preset margin options or click Custom Margins to specify the margins you want the document to have.

1. Click the OK button to set the selected margins.

Microsoft Word and Excel 2003 and earlier

1. Click the Filemenu, then click Page Setup.
2. Under the Margins heading, enter the desired margin lengths or use the arrow buttons beside each margin to increase or decrease the margins.

1. Click the OK button to set the selected margins.

Setting margins in Google Docs

To set margins in Google Docs, follow the steps below.

1. Open the Google Docs document.
2. Click File and then Page setup.
3. On the Page setup window, you can set the Top, Bottom, Left, and Right margins.

1. Click the OK button to set the selected margins.

Setting the margins in WordPad

To set margins in Microsoft WordPad, follow the steps below.

1. Click File, and then Page setup.
2. On the Page setup window, you can set the Left, Right, Top, and Bottom margins.

1. Click the OK button to set the selected margins.

Setting margins in OpenOffice Writer

To set margins in OpenOffice.org Writer, follow the steps below.

1. Click the Format menu, then click Page.
2. On the Page tab, in the Margins section, enter the desired margin lengths, or use the arrow buttons beside each margin to increase or decrease the margins.

1. Click OK to set the selected margins.

Word: How to find out your printer’s printable area

I was interested in this official Microsoft Word blog post on using WordPad to find out your printer’s printable area:

However, the information provided in this post didn’t work for me in WordPad. Instead, I tried something similar in the various versions of Word that I have and I was able to see the minimum margins that my printer requires.

1. Open a new Word document.
2. Go to page setup:
   • Word 2003: File > Page Setup
   • Word 2007 and later: Page Layout tab >Margins > Custom Margins
3. Set all margins to 0.
   
4. Click OK.
5. You’ll get a message saying the margins are outside the printable area (the message may vary slightly depending on which version of Word you’re using). Click Fix.
   
6. Your printer’s margins will now populate the margin fields.

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Why does this not work for Adobe Acrobat PDF printer of Acrobat X and Word 2010?

Adobe PDF printer driver allows 0 size margins.
Therefore the warning message “…outside printable are” will not occur for Adobe PDF Printer
But printing form Word 2010 to the Adobe PDF printer results in the “famous” error message that margins are outside the printable area.

Any ideas?
Dieter

by Dieter Gust March 21, 2012 at 6:36 pm

i cannot print borders from this printer HP Deskjet 3050 series j610…even adjusting the margins to 0

by Jacinta Foley September 2, 2012 at 3:51 am

This does not work for me, the document still will not print. I have Word 2010 and my printer is a HP Rhotosmart C5280

by Pat Varley June 5, 2013 at 10:50 pm

The problem is, I opened MSword, did what was suggested and got the real margins for my Brother printer which I already knew were the real margins because it had printed up to them before. The left margin said 0.13 inch. But I wanted 0.20 inch so I bumped it up to that in the Margin set up box, THEN when I went to print, it said margins outside printa ble area and when I said “Fix” it populated the left margin with 0.86 inch. THEN, when I closed word and tried setting the margins to zero again, it stuck with the 0.86 inch left margin.

by Real Name June 25, 2014 at 6:12 am

Have you tried the option to NOT fix the margins? I think that’s where it went wrong.

by Rhonda June 25, 2014 at 6:28 am

What if I’m saving to .pdf and I don’t want the thing to look at my printer’s printable margins

by Annalisse Mayer April 15, 2019 at 5:28 am

Saving to PDF makes little difference, as far as I know. The PDF driver is still a printer driver. The only way to test this is to set your default ‘printer’ to PDF and try that.

by Rhonda April 15, 2019 at 6:32 am

This is really helpful information

by Damian July 20, 2019 at 1:59 pm

Thank you for the guidance..

by Damian July 24, 2019 at 2:51 pm

it doesnt work . still remains the same

by firdy August 9, 2019 at 1:58 am

Thank you for the guidance.. It does work.

by Lauren October 22, 2019 at 6:48 pm

Doesn’t work for me. Everytime I type and print on legal paper (8.5″ x 14″) whenever I “fix” the margins as suggested I always wind up with very wide bottom margin, e.g., 3.12″.

by Buenaventura Q Aldana January 28, 2020 at 3:12 am

all I want is a simple letter with margins

by Ruby Haire October 29, 2020 at 11:38 pm

Sometimes you just need to move things over

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Not all documents fit inside Word’s default one-inch margin between the text and the edge of the page. To change the margins in your Word documents, use one of several choices, from predefined margins that make it easy to apply a different size margin, to the customized margins adjustable to fit your needs.

These directions work with all currently supported desktop versions of Word and Word for Mac, while Word Online offers limited margin capabilities.

Quickly Change Margins in Word

To make the margins in your document smaller or larger, use Word’s Narrow, Moderate, or Wide margins. To print your document on both sides of the paper and put it in a three-ring binder, use the Mirror margin setting.

Mirror margins cannot be set in Word Online. However, if you view a document with mirror margins in Word Online, the mirror margins are preserved.

To apply a predefined margin, select Layout > Margins and choose the predefined margin you want to use.

In Word Online, Word 2010 and Word 2007, the Layout tab is labeled as Page Layout. The steps to change margins remain the same.

Use the Ruler to Adjust Margins in Word

The horizontal ruler displayed below the Word menu provides another way to change the margins in your document.

Before you begin, display the ruler. If the ruler is not displayed above your document, select View and place a checkmark next to Ruler to display the ruler. You’ll also need to work in Print view. Select View > Print Layout to display the document in print view.

The ruler is not available in Word Online.

Here’s how to change the margins using the ruler:

• Change the left margin: Place the cursor over the left indents until it changes to a double-headed arrow. Drag the margin to the right to make it wider or to the left to make it narrower.
• Change the right margin: Place the cursor over the right indent until it changes to a double-headed arrow. Drag the margin to the left to make it wider or to the right to make it narrower.

Create Custom Margins

When you need a certain size margin for a document, use the custom settings.

Here’s how to set a custom margin size:

1. Select Layout >Margins >Custom Margins.
2. Change the size for the Top, Bottom, Left, and Right margins.
3. Select Set As Default to set the new margin settings as the default for the current template. This margin setting will be used in each new document you create based on that template. This feature is not available in Word Online.
4. Select OK when you’re finished.

Create Gutter Margins

Documents that will be bound need extra margin space for the binding. This gutter margin ensures the binding doesn’t interfere with the white space around the text.

To add a gutter margin, select Layout > Margins > Custom Margins and type a width in the Gutter box.

You cannot create gutter margins in Word Online. Switch to the desktop version of Word to set gutter margins.

Create Mirror Margins

Documents printed on both sides of the page and bound, such as books and magazines, use a special margin setting. These mirror margins ensure the right and left pages are mirror images of each other.

To create mirror margins, select Layout > Margins and select Mirrored. To change the size of the mirror margins, select Layout > Margins > Custom Margins and change the size of the Inside or Outside margins.

Set Margins for a Section of Your Document

When your document is divided into sections, you can apply different margin sizes to different sections. This feature is not available in Word Online.

To change the margins for a single section:

1. Select the section in the document where you want a different margin size.
2. Select Layout >Margins >Custom Margins.
3. Type new values for the Top, Bottom, Right, and Left margins.
4. From the Apply to list, select This Section.
5. Select OK when you’re done.

View Page Margins

Word can display boundary lines that show you where the margins are in your document. These boundary lines appear as dotted lines. The margin boundaries cannot be viewed in Word Online.

Word documents open with one-inch margins by default. You can adjust the page margins by choosing one of Word’s predefined options, or you can specify the exact height and width of the margins yourself. Here’s how.

Change Page Margins in Word

Open Word and head over to the “Layout” tab. Here, select “Margins” in the “Page Setup” group.

Once selected, a drop-down menu will appear. Here, you’ll find Word’s list of predefined margin settings.

Go ahead and choose an option if you see one that matches what you’re needing. Once selected, the page margins will change based on those specifications.

If you weren’t able to find an option that fits what you’re looking for, you can customize the page margins yourself down to the tenth of an inch by selecting “Custom Margins” at the bottom of the drop-down menu.

The “Page Setup” window will now appear, in which you’ll automatically be in the “Margins” tab. Under the “Margins” section, you can adjust the top, bottom, left, and right margins by clicking the up and down arrows next to each option. This increases or decreases the page margins by 0.1-inch increments.

You can also adjust the gutter margin. The gutter margin is generally used in facing-pages layouts (known as “Mirrored” in Word) and refers to the area of the page that is rendered unusable or unviewable due to the binding process.

Setting the gutter margin works the same way as setting the page margin. Simply adjust the margin by selecting the up or down arrow next to the option.

Once you’re done, select “OK” to apply the changes.

Set a Custom Margin as the Default

If you’re finding yourself using the same custom margins over and over, instead of setting the margins each time you open Word, you can just set your custom margins as the default.

To do so, select “Margins” in the “Page Setup” group of the “Layout” tab. In the drop-down menu that appears, select “Custom Margin.”

In the “Page Setup” window that appears, customize your margins and then select “Set As Default” in the bottom-left corner of the page.

A dialog box will appear letting you know the changes will affect all new documents based on the NORMAL template. Select the “Yes” button.

Now, next time you open Word, it will automatically open with the set custom margins.

There are three different ways to adjust page margins in Microsoft Word:

This tutorial is also available as a YouTube video showing all the steps in real time.

Watch more than fifty other videos about Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat on my YouTube channel.

The images below are from Word in Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365). The steps are the same in Word 2019, Word 2016, Word 2013, and Word 2010. However, your interface may look slightly different in those older versions of the software.

Adjust Page Margins with the Ruler

This method is only recommended for short documents. If your document is long or has multiple sections, see the preset and custom margin methods below.

Important note: Skip to step 3 if your ruler is already visible.

1. Select the View tab in the ribbon.

Figure 1. View tab

1. Select Ruler in the Show group.

Figure 2. Ruler option

1. Press Ctrl + A on your keyboard to select the entire document.

Pro Tip: Select All from the Ribbon

As an alternative to Ctrl + A, you can select the entire document from the ribbon:

1. Select the Home tab in the ribbon.

2. Select the Select button in the Editing group.

3. Select the Select All option from the drop-down menu.

1. Hover your cursor over the inner border of the gray area on the left or right end of the horizontal ruler until your cursor becomes a double arrow. (You should see a tooltip that says, “Left margin” or “Right margin.”)

Figure 4. Horizontal ruler (Cursor enlarged to show detail.)

1. Slide the double-arrow cursor to the left or right to adjust the margin.
2. To adjust the top or bottom margins, hover your cursor over the inner border of the gray area of the vertical ruler until your cursor becomes a double arrow. Then, slide the double-arrow cursor up or down to adjust the margin.

Figure 5. Vertical ruler (Cursor enlarged to show detail.)

Should You Adjust Margins with the Ruler Marker?

The square ruler marker in the horizontal ruler can be used to move the left edge of the text.

However, this technique indents your text; it doesn’t adjust the margin.

Although the visual effect is the same, creating unnecessary indents can cause problems with other formatting within longer documents.

The preset method and custom method shown below offer more precise control over margins.

Use Preset Margins

Important note: Preset margins only affect your current section. If you want to apply a preset to an entire document with multiple sections, press Ctrl + A to select the entire document before performing these steps.

1. Select the Layout tab in the ribbon.

Figure 7. Layout tab

1. Select the Margins button in the Page Setup group.

Figure 8. Margins button

1. Select one of the preset margins from the drop-down menu:

• • Normal
  • Narrow
  • Moderate
  • Wide
  • Mirrored (This is for binding documents like a book.)
  • Office 2003 Default

Figure 9. Preset margin menu

After you make your selection, the Margins drop-down menu will close, and your margins will adjust immediately.

Pro Tip: The preset menu is also available in the Print tab in the backstage view.

Create Custom Margins

1. Select the Layout tab in the ribbon (see figure 7).
2. Select the dialog box launcher in the Page Setup group.

Figure 10. Page Setup dialog box launcher

1. Enter your new margins in inches (whole numbers or decimals) in the Top, Left, Bottom, and Right text boxes in the Page Setup dialog box.

Figure 11. Top, Left, Bottom, and Right margin text boxes

1. Select a location in the Apply to menu:

• • This section
  • This point forward
  • Whole document

The This section option won’t appear if your document doesn’t have section breaks.

Figure 12. Apply to menu

1. Select the OK button to close the Page Setup dialog box.

Figure 13. OK button

As always, save your file to save your changes.

Every time you open a new document in MS Word, the page begins loading with a set size and margin. This default template is designed as per a page size equivalent to a standard sheet of paper. In the United States, that’s 8-1/2-by-11 inches. In Europe, the A4 size is used.

If you change the default page margin and size every time you create a new document, then you are just wasting your time. If there is a set margin and size that you change to all the time, making that the default one makes more sense. Well, not only that, but, if you want, you can create a custom template for all pages in your document, for a specific page, and for a specific section. There’s a lot to the software than just typing words. Anyway, without making this tutorial lengthy or tremendously detailed, let’s get to work.

Here’s how you can change the default margin of a page in MS Word 2016.

1. Open MS Word.
2. Open an existing document or create a new one. It doesn’t matter which one it is as long as you can access the required menus.
3. Click the Layout tab at the top.
4. In the Layout section, click Margins option. You will see many settings to choose from the drop-down menu.
5. Click Custom Margins at the bottom.
6. Enter the required measurements on Top, Down, Left, and Right input fields.
7. Click Set as Default at the bottom left corner.
8. Click Yes on the pop-up that appears for confirming the newly made changes.

You have successfully changed the default margin of a page in MS Word.

Here’s how you can change the default size of a page in MS Word 2016.

1. Follow steps 1 to 3 just like mentioned above.
2. Now, instead of clicking Margins, click Size.
3. Click More Paper Sizes.
4. Select one from the given templates or create one of your own by entering the required measurements.
5. Click Set as Default at the bottom left corner.
6. Click Yes on the pop-up that appears to confirm the newly made changes.

You have successfully changed the default size of a page in MS Word.

From now on, whenever you create a new document in MS Word, it will be created with the new measurements.

How to Adjust Margins in Word

A margin is the empty space between a document’s contents and the edges of the page. Word’s default margins are 1 inch on each side of the page, but you can change the margins to accommodate the needs of your document.

Choose a Margin Size

Word includes several built-in margin settings that you can choose from.

1. Click the Layout tab.
2. Click Margins button.
3. Select a new margin setting.

Word adjusts the size of the margins and automatically redistributes your content to fit.

Set Custom Margins

If the common margin settings don’t meet your needs, you can create custom ones.

1. Click Margins button on the Layout tab.
2. Select Custom Margins.

Another way to adjust margins is to click and drag the Left Margin, Right Margin, Top Margin, or Bottom Margin line on the Ruler.

If you intend to bind a document and require extra space for the bindings, use the Gutter setting on the Margins tab in the Page Setup dialog box.

Elise Williams

2020-12-21 15:01:51 • Filed to: MS Word Features • Proven solutions

Official documents usually obligate the document’s critical formatting, which includes setting their margins according to the desired value. Word documents typically come with one-inch margins by default. However, this article shall teach people how to change margins in Word. The question of how to change margins in pages has been discreetly answered within the detailed step-by-step overview.

How to Change Margins in Word

Adjusting margins on Word is considered as easy as changing the font style of the document. You can easily alter the page margins by selecting a pre-defined option provided by Word. Along with that, you have the autonomy to adjust the height and width of the document with your own specified values. The following step-by-step guide will direct you on ‘how to change page margins in Word’ with ease and composure.

Step 1. Open your Word document, and access the “Layout” tab. Then you can click the “Margins” button, and a drop-down menu appears on the screen, which consists of a list of pre-defined margin settings that can be easily selected as per your need.

Step 2. You can also customize the margins by clicking on the “Custom Margins” option.

Step 3. Now a new window pops up, and you can set the margins based on your needs. Finally, you click on the “OK” button to finish this process.

The Best PDF Software

While understanding the method of how to change the margins in Word, it is important for you to know that several PDF readers are available, providing a range of features inclusive of the amendment of the PDF file without unnecessary conversions. However, the selection of the right platform and product usually gets difficult when comparing features. Yet, there is a certain product in the market that durably outperforms all the existing PDF editors. PDFelement is an alluring product that provides a range of features to its users, including editing, annotating, converting, protecting, and signing PDF documents.

With a strong set of editing tools, PDFelement allows its user to edit documents without converting them into any assorted format. You can easily convert your PDF file into any Microsoft Office format without having its structure altered. Official documents come with more official treatment. Password protection of sensitive information has been made possible with PDFelement. It not only protects and restricts third-party usage but redacts all the information from the uploaded PDF document that seems confidential. To provide a greater sense of security and professionalism, PDFelement accounts for digital signatures, which allows considerate validation of the document.

Along with these immensely dignified characteristics, PDFelement allows a special production of one-click forms, which can be easily edited and collected through electronic means.

How to Change Margins in PDF

Step 1. Open PDF with PDFelement

Drag or drop down a PDF onto the program or open a PDF through the option of “Open File”.

Step 2. Change PDF Margins

Now you can click the “Page” > “Page Box” button to set the margins. According to your needs, you can change the page margins in the pop-up window.

Step 3. Save the PDF

After finishing the changes, you need to save the PDF by clicking the “File” > “Save” or “Save As” option.

Margins in Microsoft Word determine the boundaries of a page that Word uses to position content.

In this article, you will learn about all the 3 easy ways to change margins in Word.

Without further ado, let’s get started.

Table of Contents

Change margins from the Preset Margins

There are preset margins in Word that you can use to change the current margin for your document. Let’s see how in the following instructions.

To change margins in Word using the preset margins, go to the Layout tab or Page Layout tab on the ribbon, in the Page Setup group, click on the Margins button to display the gallery of preset margins. Then click on one of the preset margins to apply it to your document.

Below is a step by step guide with screenshot:

• Click on the Layout Tab.

• In the Page Setup group, click the Margins drop-down button to display the library of preset margins.

• Click on one of these margins to change from the current margin.

Below are the descriptions of what the various preset margins does for your document:

1. Narrow: The narrow margin allows you to squeeze more text on your page. This option makes the margin very small (only half an inch on all the four sides).
2. Moderate: The moderate margin option also lets you squeeze a little more text on your page. Both the top and bottom margins of this preset is set to 1 inch each and the left and right margins have 0.75 inches each.
3. Wide: This margin preset leaves a very small room for text on the page. The top and bottom margins are set to 1 inch each and both the left and right margins are set to 2 inches each.
4. Mirrored: This margin makes the left and right pages behave differently with the inner margins slightly wider than the outer margins. This preset is useful for double-sided documents such as books and magazines. It is called mirrored because the margins of the left page are a mirror image of those on the right page.

This is how you may change margins in Word using preset margins.

Change margins using Page Setup

Some may not find suitable for them any of the preset margins in the gallery. If that’s like you, you can launch the Page Setup dialog box to set-up you own custom margins for your document.

To change margins through the Page Setup dialog, please obey the instructions below:

• Go to the Layout or Page Layout tab.

• In the Page Setup group, click Margins and select Custom Margins at the bottom of the drop-down box.

The page setup dialog box will appear.

• On this dialog box, under the Margins group, specify the length of your margins using the Top, Bottom, Left and Right controls.

1. Top: Use the Top margin control to set the distance between the top of the page and the first line of text. The default length is 1 inch.
2. Bottom: Use the Bottom margin control to set the distance between the bottom of the page and the last line of text. The default length of the bottom margin is set to 1 inch.
3. Left: Use the Left margin control to set the distance between the left edge of the page and the start of the text. The default width for this margin is 1 inch.
4. Right: Use the Right margin control to set the distance between the right edge of the page and the end of the text. The default width for this margin is also 1 ich.

When you are changing margins in Word from the gallery of preset margins on the Layout tab, the margins you select will apply to the current section (which is usually the same as your entire document, if the document has no several sections.)

If you are dealing with Word documents of more than one section, you can change the margin on the entire document by press Ctrl+A to select everything before apply the preset margin from the gallery.

However, the Page Setup dialog box also gives you a more precise option with the Apply To drop-down list. With this control, you can set margins to the whole document or you can make separate margins for separate sections.

Adjust margins using the ruler tool

The third option to change margins in Word is to utilize the ruler tool in Microsoft Word.

You can use the horizontal just beneath the ribbon to set the left and right margins of your document. With the vertical ruler on the left edge of the Word window, you can set the top and bottom margins of your document.

Below are the steps to adjust margins in Word using the ruler tool:

• Show the ruler on your Word document.

To show the ruler tool in Word, go to the View tab, in the Show group, select the Ruler check-box.

• After displaying the ruler tool, adjust the top and bottom margins by drag the boundary between the shaded and unshaded areas in the vertical ruler at the left side of the document window.
• You can similarly drag to resize the left and right margins on the horizontal ruler.

This is how you may adjust margins in Word using the ruler tool.

Set Margins in Word: Overview

How to Apply Preset Margins in Word

You can set margins in Word to adjust the margin size of your Word documents. To set margins in Word, first click the “Layout” tab in the Ribbon. Then click the “Margins” drop-down button in the “Page Setup” button group.

In this drop-down is a “Last Custom Setting” option, six preset margin choices, and a “Custom Margins” command. To apply preset margins in Word, click one of the preset margin choices shown in the drop-down menu.

How to Apply Custom Margins and Page Orientation in Word

Alternatively, to set custom margins in Word, click the “Custom Margins…” command to open the “Page Setup” dialog box and display the “Margins” tab. In the “Page Setup” dialog box, you can choose the size of the margins for your document by using the spinner arrows for the “Top,” “Bottom,” “Left,” “Right,” and/or “Gutter” spinner boxes in the “Margins” section. A gutter margin is extra space allocated at the left or top of a page for binding documents, if the document is printed and bound. If you set a gutter margin, then use the “Gutter position” drop-down to select either the “Top” or “Left” side for the gutter’s placement. A preview of the changes you make appears in the “Preview” section.

Set Margins in Word – Instructions: A picture of the margin settings available in the “Page Setup” dialog box in Word.

To change the page orientation, click to choose either “Portrait” or “Landscape” in the “Orientation” section. To specify how to apply margins to multiple pages in a document, select the desired choice from the “Multiple pages” drop-down in the “Pages” section. Use the “Apply to” drop-down, if needed, to select to which section of the document to apply the custom margins. When finished, click the “OK” button to save your new page margins and close the dialog box.

How to Quickly Change Page Orientation in Word

Also, note that you can change the page orientation of a document in Word directly from the “Layout” tab in the Ribbon, too. To quickly change the page orientation of a document in Word, click the “Orientation” drop-down in the “Page Setup” button group on the “Layout” tab of the Ribbon. Then choose either the “Portrait” or “Landscape” choice from the drop-down menu that appears.

Set Margins in Word: Instructions

Instructions on How to Apply Preset Margins in Word

1. To set margins in Word, first click the “Layout” tab in the Ribbon.
2. Then click the “Margins” drop-down button in the “Page Setup” button group.
3. This button’s drop-down menu contains a “Last Custom Setting” option, six preset margin choices, and a “Custom Margins…” command.
4. To apply preset margins, click one of the preset margin choices shown in the drop-down menu.

Instructions on How to Apply Custom Margins and Page Orientation in Word

1. Alternatively, to set custom margins in Word, click the “Custom Margins…” command to open the “Page Setup” dialog box and display the “Margins” tab.
2. In the “Page Setup” dialog box, you can choose the size of the margins for your document by using the spinner arrows for the “Top,” “Bottom,” “Left,” “Right,” and/or “Gutter” spinner boxes in the “Margins” section.
3. If you set a gutter margin, then use the “Gutter position” drop-down to select either the “Top” or “Left” side for the gutter’s placement.
4. A preview of the changes you make appears in the “Preview” section.
5. To change the page orientation, click to choose either “Portrait” or “Landscape” in the “Orientation” section.
6. To specify how to apply margins to multiple pages in a document, select the desired choice from the “Multiple pages” drop-down in the “Pages” section.
7. Use the “Apply to” drop-down, if needed, to select to which section of the document to apply the custom margins.
8. When finished, click the “OK” button to save your new page margins and close the dialog box.

Instructions on How to Quickly Change Page Orientation in Word

1. Alternatively, to quickly change the page orientation of a document in Word, click the “Orientation” drop-down in the “Page Setup” button group on the “Layout” tab of the Ribbon.
2. Then choose either the “Portrait” or “Landscape” choice from the drop-down menu that appears.

Set Margins in Word: Video Lesson

The following video lesson, titled “ Setting Margins ,” shows how to set margins in Word. This lesson is from our complete Word tutorial , titled “ Mastering Word Made Easy v.2019 and 365 .”