This wikiHow teaches you how to change the margins in a Microsoft Word document, in whole or in part.
Step
Step 1. Open the desired Microsoft Word document
To open it, double-click the blue application icon that contains or looks like the letter “ W" After that, click the option " File ” at the top of the screen and select “ Open… ”.
To create a new document, click the " New ” on the “Files” menu.
Step 2. Click the Layout tab
It's a tab at the top of the window.
Step 3. Click Margins
It's on the left side of the toolbar.
Step 4. Click on Custom Margins…
If you want, you can also click on one of the available margin templates, such as “ Normal ” (1 inch on each side) or “ Narrow ” (0.5 inches on each side), if available templates fit your needs.
Step 5. Adjust the margins
Type a number indicating the width of the margin in the " Top " (on), " Bottom " (lower), " Left ” (left), and “ Right " (right).
Adjust margins" Gutter ” only if you want to use the document in a bound format (eg a book or report) and need space to bind the document. In a situation like this, type a number into the “ Gutter ” which can leave enough room for the binding and use the drop-down menu to determine whether the binding will be at the top or left of the document.
Step 6. Click the Apply to drop-down menu
Step 7. Select the method of applying margin settings to the document
- Click " Whole documents ” if you want to apply the same margin settings to the entire document.
- Click " This point forward ” if you want the new margin settings to be applied to existing document pages after the current cursor location.
- Click " Selected sections ” after selecting a block of text in the document to apply the new margin settings only to the text you selected.
Step 8. Click the OK button
The new margin settings will be applied to the document, according to the selected application method.
