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Today, Mytour will guide you on how to adjust the margins of a specific section or the entire Microsoft Word document.
Steps
Open the Microsoft Word document by double-clicking the blue W application. Then, click on the File menu at the top of the screen and select Open…
- To create a new document, click New from the File menu.
Click on the Layout tab located at the top of the window.
Click on the Margins (Left margin) found on the left side of the toolbar.
Click on the Custom Margins… (Custom margins) option.
- If preferred, simply click on one of the available margin presets, such as Normal (2.54 cm on all sides) or Narrow (1.27 cm on all sides).
Set the margins. Enter the margin width values into the fields Top (Top), Bottom (Bottom), Left (Left), and Right (Right).
- Only adjust the Gutter margin if you plan to use the document for binding, such as a book or report. In such cases, enter the value in the Gutter field to ensure the document is wide enough for binding, and use the dropdown to specify the binding location (top or left).
Click on the dropdown menu Apply to (Apply to).
Select how to apply the margins.
- Click on Whole document if you want the same margin applied throughout the entire document.
- Click on This point forward if you want the new margins to apply to pages from the current cursor position forward.
- Click on Selected sections after selecting a block of text in the document to apply the new margins to only that portion.
Click on OK. The new margin settings will be applied to the document as per your specifications.
Tip
- If you set the margin to less than 0.6 cm, the text might get cut off when printing.
