This article explains how to change the margins of a Microsoft Word document. Margins can be set at the page level or for a single piece of text.
Steps
Step 1. Open the Microsoft Word document you want to edit
Double-click the blue letter icon W, enter the menu File, located at the top of the program window, then click on the item You open….
If you want to create a new document from scratch, go to the "File" menu and click on the option New one.
Step 2. Click on the Layout tab
It is displayed at the top of the Word window.
Step 3. Click the Margins button
It is displayed in the left section of the Word toolbar.
Step 4. Click on Custom Margins…
If you prefer, you can choose from one of the predefined margin configurations according to your needs. For instance Normal (which sets a top margin of 2.5cm, while the others will be 2cm) or Strict (which uses margins of 1.27 cm for all sides of the page).
Step 5. Set the size of the margins
Enter the value that indicates the width of the individual page margins within the fields Superior, Inferior, Left And Right.
Use the field Binding only if you intend to bind the document after printing it. For example, to create a bound book or report. In this case within the field Binding enter a value that matches the space needed to bind all pages of the document. Use the "Binding Position" drop-down menu to indicate which side of the page will be used for binding.
Step 6. Click on the Apply to drop-down menu
Step 7. Select the area of the document to apply the new margin settings to
- Click on the item Whole document if you want all pages of the document to have the same margins.
- Click on the option From this point on if you want the new margins to be applied only to pages that are after the current position of the text cursor.
- Click on the item This section, after selecting a portion of the text, to apply the new margins only to the highlighted text.
Step 8. Click the OK button
The new margin settings will be applied to the document as indicated.
