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Microsoft Word uses the document size and layout as A4 by default. However, you can change it to Letter, Tabloid, A3, A5, B4, B5, Executive, Legal, and Statement, entirely depending on the type of document you use often.
Step 1: Select Layout on the menu bar. Expand the Size menu.
Step 2: Select one of the default sizes from the list.
Step 1: Expand the Size menu in Layout.
Step 2: Select More Paper Sizes.
Step 3: Expand the Paper Size menu, set height and width, check live preview, and select whether to apply the change to the entire document or go forward from this point.
Step 4: Select Set As Default and hit OK.
After this, Microsoft Word will remember your choice and use the specified page layout for future documents.
You can also change the default layout to landscape from portrait or vice versa.
Click Layout at the top, expand Orientation, and select Landscape.
You can select one of the preset margins or set custom margins for a Word document. Let’s check both options.
Open the Layout menu and expand the Margins menu. You have five options to pick from.
You can check each option’s top, bottom, right, and left margins and the live preview.
Step 1: Open the Layout menu and expand the Margins menu. Click Custom Margins.
Step 2: Set top, bottom, left, and right margins. Click the Gutter position to include additional space inside the margins you’ve set. Check the live preview and hit OK.
Note: If you intend to use the same margins and orientation for all your documents, hit the’ Set As Default’ button.
Your ideal Word page setup is complete with layout customization. Let’s check all available options to customize it.
Step 1: Open the Layout menu and expand the Margins menu. Click Custom Margins.
Step 2: Go to the Layout menu.
Step 3: Tweak margins for header and footer from the edge, check vertical alignment, add line numbers and borders, and click OK.
Ensure to check the live preview before setting your Word document as default.
Are you writing a Word document for a magazine or newspaper? Try the column layout for better readability to end users. Here’s what you need to do.
Step 1: Head to the Layout menu in Microsoft Word. Expand the Columns menu.
Step 2: Select one of the default column styles or make custom changes from the More columns menu.
After making the relevant changes to your page layout, you can save it as a template with a specific name and reason.
Step 1: Open a blank document and make all the changes to the page layout. Hit File at the top left corner, select Save As, and click Browse.
Step 2: Expand the Save As Type dialog box and select Word Template.
Step 3: Name it and hit the Save button.
You can find your Word template from the New menu and click on the Personal menu while creating a new document.
