Related Terms • Portrait • Landscape

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The default page orientation in Word is Portrait mode, and most of the time this is how you are going to want to set up your documents. Simply put, Portrait mode means the page is longer than it is wide. Sometimes, however, when you are working with charts or when you’re creating something like fliers, you’ll want to turn the page so the horizontal edge is longer than the vertical edge. Fortunately, Word makes it easy to switch to Landscape mode. Here’s how:

From the File menu select Page Setup



In the Page Setup dialog box, click the Margins tab



Under the Orientation heading click the Landscape box. A blue outline should appear just inside the edge of the box and the blue outline will disappear from the Portrait box. If you are applying the change to the entire document, click the OK button at the bottom of the dialog box.

If you want to apply the change from the cursor position forward only, click the arrow in the drop down box beneath Apply to in the Preview section, highlight This point forward and then click the OK button.



Also, you can apply it to a page or two in the middle of the document if you choose. Simply highlight the selection you want to change before you open the Page Setup dialog box. Follow the steps above. Before you click the OK button, click on the drop down box beneath Apply to in the Preview section. Selected text has replaced the This point forward option.



Highlight selected text and then click the OK button.




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