Open the File menu and choose Page Setup . (It doesn't matter where your insertion point is.)
In the Page Setup dialog box, click the Margins tab if it isn't already in front.
The Top , Bottom , Left , and Right text boxes let you change the width of all four margins.
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Word's default margins are 1 inch on the top and bottom of the page and 1 ¼ inches on the left and right. You can decrease the margins if you need to squeeze a bit more text onto the page, or increase them to give your document a more spacious feel. When you change the margins, Word applies the new setting to all the pages in your document.
Select the number in the text box for the margin you want to change. Type over the number with a new number in inches. (You don't have to type the '' symbol.)
Repeat step 4 to change any other margins, and then click the OK button.
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Previewing New Margins Before Printing
If you want to see what your margins will look like before you print, use Print Preview or change the Zoom setting to Whole Page (see "Previewing a Document" and "Magnifying a Document" in Part 5).
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Changing Paper Orientation
You can change the orientation of your document from portrait to landscape . Landscape orientation prints your document " sideways " across the paper, so that the long edge of the paper is the top of the page. To do so, click the Paper Size tab in the Page Setup dialog box, mark the Landscape option button, and click OK .
