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Applying Preset Margins (Desktop)

Creating Custom Margins (Desktop)

Using the Mobile App

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Are you trying to adjust your margins in Microsoft Word? The margins are the empty space between the edge of the page and the contents of the document. Depending on your needs, you can change the margins to become wider, narrower, or a mix of both. You’ll be able to select from a few preset options or customize your own. This wikiHow will show you how to fix and change the default 1-inch margins in Microsoft Word using your iPhone, Android, or Windows or Mac computer.

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On desktop, click «Layout» → «Margins» → select a margin preset.
For custom margins, click «Custom Margins…» and enter the values for Top, Left, Bottom, and Right.
On mobile, tap «•••» → «Home» → «Layout» → «Margins» → select a preset or «Custom Margins». Enter a new value and tap «Done».

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Click Layout. This will be in the top toolbar, between Design and References.

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Click Margins. You can find this in the upper-left corner of the Layout tab. This looks like a rectangle with blue lining the margins.
- A pop-up menu will open.
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Select a margin type. You’ll see a list of preset margins: Normal, Narrow, Moderate, Wide, Mirrored, and Office 2003 Default. Click a preset margin to apply it to your document. It should be applied immediately.
- If you don’t like how it looks, you can select Normal again, or press CTRL + Z (Windows) or CMD + Z (Mac) to undo the change.

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Click Layout. This will be in the top toolbar, between Design and References.
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Click Margins. You can find this in the upper-left corner of the Layout tab. This looks like a rectangle with blue lining the margins.
- A menu will open.
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Click Custom Margins…. This will be at the bottom of the drop-down menu.
- A new window will open.
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Set your new margins. On the desktop application, you’ll be able to edit the margin sizes for: Top, Left, Bottom, Right, Gutter, and Gutter Positions. On the web version, you’ll only be able to edit the margin sizes for: Top, Left, Bottom, and Right. You’ll see a preview of the document layout at the bottom of the window.
- Click the field and enter your new margin size, or use the up/down arrow to adjust the current margins.
- For Gutter Positions, select Left or Top.
  - Only adjust the Gutter margin if you intend to use the document in a bound format, like a book or report, and you need space for the binding. In this case, type a number in Gutter that will allow enough room for the binding and use the drop-down to indicate whether the binding will be on the top or on the left.
- Make sure Apply to is set to Whole document, unless you only want to change the margins from This point forward.
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Set new default margins (optional). If you want to use this margin for all new documents in Microsoft Word, click Set as default in the bottom-left corner. Click Yes to confirm.
- When you create a new document, the margins will reflect the change.
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Click OK when finished. The changes will be applied immediately.

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Open the Microsoft Word app. Microsoft Word is available for iOS in the App Store and for Android in the Google Play Store.
- If you aren’t already logged in to your Microsoft account, enter your email address and password to do so now.
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Open a new or existing project. Tap a recent project on your homepage, or tap the + tab to create a new one.
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Tap ••• . This is the «•••» located at the top of your on-screen keyboard. If you don’t see your keyboard, tap the document to open it.
- A new menu will open at the bottom.
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Tap Home. This is located at the top of the new menu.
- A pop-up menu will open.
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Tap Layout. You can find this between Draw and Review.
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Tap Margins. This is the first listing in the Layout tab.
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Select a margin type. You’ll see a list of preset margins: Normal, Narrow, Moderate, Wide, and Mirrored. Tap a preset margin to apply it to your document. It should be applied immediately.
- If you don’t like how it looks, you can select Normal again, or pick a new preset.
- Be sure to save your document when you’re finished.
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Create a custom margin (optional). Tap Custom Margins at the bottom of the Margins menu. You’ll be able to edit the margin sizes for: Top, Left, Bottom, and Right.
- Tap a margin to edit it.
- Tap the backspace button to erase the existing margin.
- Enter a new margin value.
- Tap Done in the top-right corner.
- Tap Margins → Custom Margins to edit another margin.
- The changes will be applied immediately.

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I want the page ruler. What can I do?

To get the ruler, go into the View tab (Word 2010 and newer) and select the Ruler checkbox.
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Can I ever allow one more letter on a line to finish a long word rather than wrap to the next line?

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1. Open a Microsoft Word document.
2. Click the Layout tab.
3. Click Margins.
4. Click Custom Margins….
5. Set the margins.
6. Click the Apply to drop-down.
7. Select how to apply the margins.
8. Click OK.

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There are three different ways to adjust page margins in Microsoft Word:

Adjust page margins with the ruler
Use preset margins
Create custom margins

This tutorial is also available as a YouTube video showing all the steps in real time.

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The images below are from Word in Microsoft 365. The steps are the same in Word 2019, Word 2016, Word 2013, and Word 2010. However, your interface may look slightly different in those older versions of the software.

Adjust Page Margins with the Ruler

This method is only recommended for short documents. If your document is long or has multiple sections, see the preset and custom margin methods below.

Important note: Skip to step 3 if your ruler is already visible.

Select the View tab in the ribbon.

Figure 1. View tab

Select Ruler in the Show group.

Figure 2. Ruler option

Press Ctrl + A on your keyboard to select the entire document.

Pro Tip: Select All from the Ribbon

Figure 3. Select All option

As an alternative to Ctrl + A, you can select the entire document from the ribbon:

1. Select the Home tab in the ribbon.

2. Select the Select button in the Editing group.

3. Select the Select All option from the drop-down menu.

Hover your cursor over the inner border of the gray area on the left or right end of the horizontal ruler until your cursor becomes a double arrow. (You should see a tooltip that says, “Left margin” or “Right margin.”)

Figure 4. Horizontal ruler (Cursor enlarged to show detail.)

Slide the double-arrow cursor to the left or right to adjust the margin.
To adjust the top or bottom margins, hover your cursor over the inner border of the gray area of the vertical ruler until your cursor becomes a double arrow. Then, slide the double-arrow cursor up or down to adjust the margin.

Figure 5. Vertical ruler (Cursor enlarged to show detail.)

Should You Adjust Margins with the Ruler Marker?

Figure 6. Ruler marker

The square ruler marker in the horizontal ruler can be used to move the left edge of the text.

However, this technique indents your text; it doesn’t adjust the margin.

Although the visual effect is the same, creating unnecessary indents can cause problems with other formatting within longer documents.

The preset method and custom method shown below offer more precise control over margins.

Use Preset Margins

Important note: Preset margins only affect your current section. If you want to apply a preset to an entire document with multiple sections, press Ctrl + A to select the entire document before performing these steps.

Select the Layout tab in the ribbon.

Figure 7. Layout tab

Select the Margins button in the Page Setup group.

Figure 8. Margins button

Select one of the preset margins from the drop-down menu:

- Normal
- Narrow
- Moderate
- Wide
- Mirrored (This is for binding documents like a book.)
- Office 2003 Default

Figure 9. Preset margin menu

After you make your selection, the Margins drop-down menu will close, and your margins will adjust immediately.

Pro Tip: The preset menu is also available in the Print tab in the backstage view.

Create Custom Margins

Select the Layout tab in the ribbon (see figure 7).
Select the dialog box launcher in the Page Setup group.

Figure 10. Page Setup dialog box launcher

Enter your new margins in inches (whole numbers or decimals) in the Top, Left, Bottom, and Right text boxes in the Page Setup dialog box.

Figure 11. Top, Left, Bottom, and Right margin text boxes

Select a location in the Apply to menu:

- This section
- This point forward
- Whole document

The This section option won’t appear if your document doesn’t have section breaks.

Figure 12. Apply to menu

Select the OK button to close the Page Setup dialog box.

Figure 13. OK button

As always, save your file to save your changes.

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Among other formatting options, Microsoft Word lets you adjust the page layout of a document. Two key factors in this respect are the margins and page orientation. Both of these have a big effect on how a document looks, so check out our guide below to find out how they work.

Margins in Microsoft Word

The margins in a document are the spaces at the edge of each page. You may need to change these to leave space to make notes (e.g., in a college paper). Or you may simply want to control where text appears on the page. In either case, you can adjust the margins in a document by:

Going to Layout > Page Setup on the main ribbon.
Clicking Margins and then either:
- Selecting on of the preset margin options.
- Clicking Custom Margins… to open the Page Setup menu and setting the size of the top, bottom, left, and right margins as required.

Preset margin options.

In Microsoft Word for Windows, you can also access the Page Setup menu by clicking the arrow in the bottom right of the relevant section on the ribbon. Margin options available here include:

Gutter margin size and position – A gutter margin is extra space on the page used for binding. This won’t be necessary for most documents, but you can add one here if required.
Mirror margins – Selecting mirror margins from the Multiple Pages submenu will change the “Left” and “Right” margin options to “Inner” and “Outer” margins. This ensures that the margins on facing pages are equal if you’re binding something as a book.

The Page Setup menu.

You can also use the Apply To options in the Page Setup menu to control which part of the document you format (e.g., Whole document, This section only, or This point forward). However, you may also want to add your own section breaks for full control over where margin formatting is applied.

Selecting which part of the document to format.

Page Orientation

Page orientation refers to whether the document is landscape or portrait. Most documents will be portrait, which is the default in Microsoft Word. But the landscape format can be useful in some cases, such as when a document contains illustrations or charts too wide to fit on a portrait page.

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To adjust the page orientation in a whole Microsoft Word document:

Go to Layout > Page Setup > Orientation on the main ribbon.
Select either Portrait or Landscape as required.

Adjusting page orientation.

To change the orientation of part of a document, you will need to either:

Add section breaks before and after the section you want to format.
Open the Page Setup window, select an orientation, and pick which part of the document you want to format via the Apply To menu (as described above in relation to margins).

This will let you present one page in a landscape format (e.g., to fit in a chart). But make sure to add section breaks before changing the orientation.

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Not all documents fit inside Word’s default one-inch margin between the text and the edge of the page. To change the margins in your Word documents, use one of several choices, from predefined margins that make it easy to apply a different size margin, to the customized margins adjustable to fit your needs.

These directions work with all currently supported desktop versions of Word and Word for Mac, while Word Online offers limited margin capabilities.

Quickly Change Margins in Word

To make the margins in your document smaller or larger, use Word’s Narrow, Moderate, or Wide margins. To print your document on both sides of the paper and put it in a three-ring binder, use the Mirror margin setting.

Mirror margins cannot be set in Word Online. However, if you view a document with mirror margins in Word Online, the mirror margins are preserved.

To apply a predefined margin, select Layout > Margins and choose the predefined margin you want to use.

In Word Online, Word 2010 and Word 2007, the Layout tab is labeled as Page Layout. The steps to change margins remain the same.

Use the Ruler to Adjust Margins in Word

The horizontal ruler displayed below the Word menu provides another way to change the margins in your document.

Before you begin, display the ruler. If the ruler is not displayed above your document, select View and place a checkmark next to Ruler to display the ruler. You’ll also need to work in Print view. Select View > Print Layout to display the document in print view.

The ruler is not available in Word Online.

Here’s how to change the margins using the ruler:

Change the left margin: Place the cursor over the left indents until it changes to a double-headed arrow. Drag the margin to the right to make it wider or to the left to make it narrower.
Change the right margin: Place the cursor over the right indent until it changes to a double-headed arrow. Drag the margin to the left to make it wider or to the right to make it narrower.

Create Custom Margins

When you need a certain size margin for a document, use the custom settings.

Here’s how to set a custom margin size:

Select Layout > Margins > Custom Margins.
Change the size for the Top, Bottom, Left, and Right margins.
Select Set As Default to set the new margin settings as the default for the current template. This margin setting will be used in each new document you create based on that template. This feature is not available in Word Online.
Select OK when you’re finished.

Create Gutter Margins

Documents that will be bound need extra margin space for the binding. This gutter margin ensures the binding doesn’t interfere with the white space around the text.

To add a gutter margin, select Layout > Margins > Custom Margins and type a width in the Gutter box.

You cannot create gutter margins in Word Online. Switch to the desktop version of Word to set gutter margins.

Create Mirror Margins

Documents printed on both sides of the page and bound, such as books and magazines, use a special margin setting. These mirror margins ensure the right and left pages are mirror images of each other.

To create mirror margins, select Layout > Margins and select Mirrored. To change the size of the mirror margins, select Layout > Margins > Custom Margins and change the size of the Inside or Outside margins.

Set Margins for a Section of Your Document

When your document is divided into sections, you can apply different margin sizes to different sections. This feature is not available in Word Online.

To change the margins for a single section:

Select the section in the document where you want a different margin size.
Select Layout > Margins > Custom Margins.
Type new values for the Top, Bottom, Right, and Left margins.
From the Apply to list, select This Section.
Select OK when you’re done.

View Page Margins

Word can display boundary lines that show you where the margins are in your document. These boundary lines appear as dotted lines. The margin boundaries cannot be viewed in Word Online.

To view the page margins:

Select File > Options. In Word 2007, select the Microsoft Office button and select Word Options.
Select Advanced.
Scroll down to the Show document content section and select Show text boundaries.
Select OK.

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