![]() | Change page margins |
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Do any of the following:
![]() | Change the page margins for a whole document |
On the View menu, click Print Layout.
On the Layout tab, under Margins, click Margins.
In the Margins pop-up menu, select the margins that you want, or click Custom Margins to specify your own margin settings.
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![]() | Change the page margins for part of a document |
On the View menu, click Print Layout.
Select the text or part of the document for which you want to change the margins.
On the Layout tab, under Margins, click Margins, and then click Custom Margins.
Set the margins that you want.
On the Apply to pop-up menu, click Selected text.
Word automatically inserts section breaksA mark that you insert to end a section. A section break stores the section formatting elements, such as margins, page orientation, headers and footers, and the sequence of page numbers. A section break appears as a double dotted line with the words "Section Break." before and after the text with the new margin settings.
![]() | Tip If your document will print on both sides of each page, select the Mirror marginsMargins that are used for facing pages in double-sided documents, such as books or magazines. The inside margins and the outside margins on the left and right pages are the same width. check box to adjust the margins for both left and right pages at the same time. |
![]() | Indent a paragraph to change its margins |
You can change the margins for individual paragraphs by changing the left and right indents.
Select the paragraph that you want to indent.
On the Format menu, click Paragraph.
On the Indents and Spacing tab, under Indentation, enter the amount of space that you want to indent the paragraph in the Left and Right boxes.
![]() | Set default margins for all new documents |
When you create a new document, Word applies the default margin settings that are stored in a template (normal.dotm). If you frequently use margin settings that differ from the default settings, you can set new defaults that Word will use when you create a new document.
On the View menu, click Print Layout.
On the Layout tab, under Margins, click Margins, and then click Custom Margins.
In the Top, Bottom, Left, and Right boxes, set the margins that you want, and then click Default.
When you are prompted, click Yes to change the default settings for document layout.
![]() | Widen a margin to accommodate binding |
On the View menu, click Print Layout.
On the Layout tab, under Margins, click Margins, and then click Custom Margins.
In the Gutter box, enter a value for the gutter marginExtra space added to the side margin or top margin of a document that you plan to bind. A gutter margin ensures that text in a document isn't covered by the binding..
Additional space is added to the margin on the binding side of each page.
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