In this tutorial, we’re going to show you how to change the margins in Word 2016.
If you have guidelines to follow regarding margin size, want to format the paper for a clipboard or book, or simply want to save paper with wide margins, Word makes it easy to change them.
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To get started, go to the Layout tab on the Ribbon and click the Margins drop-down. There’s a few default settings, but if you want more control, click Custom Margins…
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To change the actual margins, simply edit the corresponding value in the Margins section.
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If you would like to have a book fold gutter, click Book Fold under the Multiple pages drop-down. To specify how large of a gutter, change the Gutter option in the Margins section to a value other than 0”.
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If you want to print out the document for use on a clipboard, make sure Multiple pages is set to Normal, and then change the Gutter position to Top.
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As this is the Page Setup pop-up, there are also options to change Paper size for example.
Under the final tab of Page Setup, there are options to change the margins of the headers and footers.
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