Page settings, columns and page breaks

On the Layout tab, you decide how the page looks: the margins (1), the orientation (2), the paper size (3), columns (4) and page breaks (5).

Margins

The margin is the white border around the text. Click Margins and choose Normal, Narrow, Medium / Moderate or Wide. With Custom margins, you type the measurements yourself in centimetres.

Portrait or landscape, and paper size

With Orientation, you choose Portrait or Landscape. Under Size, you choose the paper size. In Europe, this is almost always A4.

Text in columns

For a newsletter or leaflet, you can arrange text into two or three columns, just like in a newspaper. Select the text and choose the number under Columns / By columns. With Custom columns, you set the spacing between the columns and add a line between them.

Page breaks and section breaks

Do you want a new chapter to always start at the top of a page? Then don't use a series of blank lines, but a page break instead. Click Breaks and choose Insert page break, or press Ctrl + Enter.

With a section break, you divide the document into parts that each have their own settings. This way, you can put one landscape page in a portrait document, or use columns for only part of the text.

Tip: want to see where page breaks, section breaks and spaces are? Click the button with the paragraph mark (Nonprinting characters) on the Home tab.