The margins are set at the Word 2016 default of one inch. NOTE for MacOS Users: To open the dialog box, Click, Click Custom Margins. To access the Page Setup dialog box, in the Page Setup group, To switch to the Layout command tab, on the Ribbon, The Page Setup options are located on the Layout command tab. Adjustments can be applied to specific parts of a document by highlighting sections of text before opening the Page Setup dialog box. The Page Setup dialog box allows the adjustment of the margins, paper size, paper source, and the layout of the document.
We'll use the Page Setup dialog box as well as the ruler to adjust alignment in our document. We can change them for an entire document, or just for certain sections.
There are several ways to change the margins. If a certain ruler setting is to be applied to more than one paragraph, select all of the paragraphs first. The cursor does not need to be at the beginning of the paragraph anywhere on the paragraph will do. It is not visible in other views.Ĭhanges to the ruler, such as indents and tab stops, will affect the entire paragraph in which your cursor is located. The vertical ruler is visible because we are in Print Layout view. The horizontal and vertical rulers appear at the top and left of our document. To show the Ruler, in the Show group, if necessary, To move to the View command tab, on the Ribbon, if necessary, The ruler can be activated in the View command tab. When adjusting text alignments such as margins, tabs, and indents, it is helpful, and often necessary, to utilize Word's ruler.įirst we need to view the ruler. Now we will adjust the margins and modify indents. Word has many features that can be used to format professional-looking documents.