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in Word you may want to change elements
of your page layout depending on the
type of document you're working on and
how you plan to print it for example the
orientation on this job application is
landscape or horizontal but it's not
really working for me the form is
getting cut off at the bottom and
continuing on to a second page I'd like
to change the orientation to portrait or
vertical instead to do this go to the
Layout tab then click orientation and
choose portrait the text is still
continuing on to the second page but
that's okay and planning to print this
on legal paper which is a bit bigger
than normal so I'm going to change the
paper size now to reflect that
just click size and choose a paper size
from the menu there that's much better
you can also choose a custom size for
your document if that's what you need
for example here's an invitation that's
going to be printed on special 5x7 card
stock to choose a custom size just click
the command again then click more paper
sizes at the bottom here you can adjust
the width or the height to anything you
need when you're done click
okay to save and close the dialog box
let's switch back to
job application you can customize the
page layout even more by adjusting the
margins all you have to do is click the
margins command here you can choose one
of the predefined sizes or as with paper
size you can customize your margins
depending on what you need just go back
to the margins command then click custom
margins the page setup dialog box will
appear I'm going to make the margins
just a little bit wider at 0.75 inches
instead of 0.5 when you're done click OK
did you notice anything special about
the page setup dialog box the truth is
it's not just for margins it lets you
adjust all the layout options that we've
talked about in this video to access it
again click the small arrow in the
corner of the page setup group now you
can fine-tune all your settings in one
place including margins orientation
paper size and more
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