SETTING PAGE LAYOUT
When a document is to be printed, the word processor has to be told as to how the document should appear on the page, i.e., its paper size, margins, layout of the paper, etc.
To alter the page setup, click on Page Setup under the File menu. In the resulting Page Setup dialog box, set the margins to the required values. Let us set the margins as Top – 1 inch, Bottom – 1 inch, Left – 1.25 inch and Right – 1.25 inch.
Apart from the four margins, we may set the following:
• Gutter is the space left on one side for stitching and binding – give an appropriate value, if required.
• The orientation decides whether the page will be printed lengthwise (portrait) or across its breadth (landscape). In other words, Portrait is taller than it is wide; Landscape is wider than it is tall. The orientation buttons themselves are quite self-explanatory.
In the Paper tab, select the paper size on which we are going to print the document. There are standard paper sizes like letter, A4, legal etc. Either we can select one from these or we can enter the width and height of the paper we are using.
Click OK once we have typed in the values for margins, chosen the orientation, and selected the paper size.
