When you create a document that will be printed, you need to tell Word how you want the page to be set up—what size paper you’re using, whether the page will be printed in landscape or in portrait orientation, the size of the margins, and so on. If the document will be printed on both sides of the paper or is going to be bound, you can tell Word to accommodate those design elements. A good template will usually set up the specifics for you, but you might need to readjust the settings a bit to get everything exactly right.
On the Page Layout tab, click the Size button, and, in the gallery that appears, select the size of the paper you want. If that size isn’t listed, click More Paper Sizes, and specify your paper size on the Paper tab of the Page Setup dialog box.
Click the Margins button, and select the margins you want. If that size isn’t listed, click Custom Margins, and specify your margins on the Margins tab of the Page Setup dialog box.
Click the Orientation button, and select the orientation you want for the page: Portrait (longer than wide) or Landscape (wider than long).
- On the Page Layout tab, click the Margins button, and choose Custom Margins from the gallery to display the Page Setup dialog box.
- On the Margins tab, click Mirror Margins in the Multiple Pages list.
- Set the document’s side margins using the Inside and Outside boxes. The Inside margin will be on the left side of odd-numbered (right-hand, or recto) pages and will be on the right side of even-numbered (left-hand, or verso) pages.
Tip
You can apply a gutter to any document layout. For a document that’s set up for one-sided printing, you can specify the gutter location as the left side of the paper or the top of the paper. For a multiple-page layout, Word uses the default location of the gutter for the type of layout you choose. Use the preview to see the placement of the gutter.
- Click the Margins button, and choose Custom Margins from the gallery to display the Page Setup dialog box.
- If the Multiple Pages list is set to Normal, specify whether the gutter (and therefore the binding) should be on the left side or at the top of the page. For other Multiple Pages settings, the gutter position is set automatically.
