How to Adjust Page Margins in Microsoft Word

[@erinwrightwriting]

All the steps shown in this video are listed on my blog at erinwrightwriting.com/page-margins-in-microsoft-word/ . Thank you for watching!

[@kel8129]

Hi Erin- upon opening, my Word document has no margins. How did that happen? I can't seem to change that. Thanks for any help you can provide.

[@erinwrightwriting]

@@kel8129 Thank you for watching! It sounds like you may have accidentally switched from the Print Layout view to the Web Layout view. The buttons to switch between these views are on the very bottom of the screen, on the right side near the zoom slider. Hopefully that helps!

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[@dorisspears5921]

I LOVE your voice. It is as calming as it is instructional; a much needed bonus when teaching most things. Thank you.

[@erinwrightwriting]

That is very kind of you to say! Thank you for watching!

[@erwinmendoza8696]

As a student In times like this our school uses Microsoft word very often so thank you very much for that!

[@erinwrightwriting]

Thank you for watching. I wish you all the best in your studies!

[@kennethgarson199]

This is the best of a boatload of writers trying to teach formatting. Your pacing is great!

[@erinwrightwriting]

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[@balchanseecharan3907]

Thank you Miss Erin may God continue to richly bless you.

[@erinwrightwriting]

Thank you so much!

[@diliniherath1299]

Your voice is just soothing. I am formatting my final thesis and your videos are quite helpful. Thank you !

[@erinwrightwriting]

I'm so glad to hear that! Best of luck with your thesis!

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[@erinwrightwriting]

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[@moshelieberman732]

Thank you. As an Editor and Proofreader, this Video was extremely informative to me. It was so well articulated.

[@erinwrightwriting]

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[@taniarafiqi2682]

Helpful video. Tip: Watch it at x1.5 speed to save time and it will seem like a normal pace.

[@sarthaknatekar4715]

Thanks a ton Erin ma'am for the informative video this helped me a lot , gotta mention , your voice is so soothing that I fell asleep ! God bless you always

[@erinwrightwriting]

I'm so glad to hear that my video helped you! Thank you for watching!

[@martinbragalone]

Finally. I was trying to adjust only the up down vertical of the whole document. I could only adjust one page at a time. If I selected Ctrl + A, the left side vertical ruler would dissapear. Finally, when she said to try the Layout tab, I found the margins button and could change the whole document to fit the way I liked. Thank you. Very helpful.

[@erinwrightwriting]

I am glad you found the information you needed! Thank you for watching!

[@rob8482]

This is twice you have saved me in the last seconds! Bless you, you are my go-to MS Word master!

[@erinwrightwriting]

Thank you, Robert! I am very flattered!

[@thepurpleufo]

You are the BEST, Erin. Thank you.

[@erinwrightwriting]

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I can Relax With your voice.

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[@Rishabh_S_Maya_45]

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[@erinwrightwriting]

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[@Rishabh_S_Maya_45]

@@erinwrightwriting mam I have a problem you know yesterday my boss was very rude to me. My problem is that how can give least space between words that what I want . 2nd is how can give a line towards left side in notesheet document mam please help me it's humble request.

[@joginderthakur3734]

Very Helpfull for me.

[@erinwrightwriting]

I am glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching!

[@bigbird4481]

thanks Erin, I need to figure out something for school and this was really easy to follow along

[@erinwrightwriting]

I am glad to hear that! I wish you all the best with your school work!

[@lauraroberts2250]

Thank you. Needed this!

[@erinwrightwriting]

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You just saved me on a report writing exercise. New subscriber right away

[@erinwrightwriting]

I am so happy to hear that! I wish you all the best with your exercises!

[@gytinaroy9554]

Erin, thank you for the three ways of adjusting the margins. I needed to adjust my margin within a border.

[@erinwrightwriting]

You are very welcome. Thank you for watching!

[@kakashihatak151]

Thanks Ms Erin It was soo helpfull for me and your voice is soo sweet

[@erinwrightwriting]

You are too kind! Thank you for watching!

[@MajorBonMarita]

Again, to my rescue. Thanks Erin.

[@erinwrightwriting]

So happy to hear that! Thank you for watching!

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A very pleasant voice in an informative video is always a plus 😊

[@erinwrightwriting]

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[@nmularoni1]

@@erinwrightwriting dont mention it Erin

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Very clear and easy to follow. .

[@erinwrightwriting]

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super. your spell speed is very clear

[@erinwrightwriting]

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Really very helpful video thank you so much

[@erinwrightwriting]

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These are REALLY well made! Thank you so much Erin

[@erinwrightwriting]

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[@luvsamaya]

Thank you for this helpful video!!

[@erinwrightwriting]

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[@chrissmith9596]

Huge help, thanks!

[@erinwrightwriting]

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Thanks a lot for such a brief but informative video!! Very helpful!!!

[@erinwrightwriting]

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[@erinwrightwriting]

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[@erinwrightwriting]

I am happy to hear that! I wish you all the best with your reports!

[@brendajoycebrown]

This was very helpful.

[@erinwrightwriting]

I am so glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching!

[@raptichatterjee8004]

Worked very good. Thank u so much maam

[@erinwrightwriting]

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[@Amanda-ru3jy]

Very clear thanks!

[@erinwrightwriting]

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[@samsonjohn8570]

Thank you so much for simple explanation..

[@erinwrightwriting]

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[@jturner6368]

Thank you for sharing! I didn't know where the ruler was and I thought they had gotten rid of it!

[@erinwrightwriting]

Thank you for watching! I have always thought the ruler setting was difficult to find also!

[@PenniWakuri]

Thank you very much for the information

[@erinwrightwriting]

Thank you very much for watching! I wish you all the best with your Word project!

[@marvserhan9710]

Nicely done, Erin. You make learning easy.

[@erinwrightwriting]

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[@erinwrightwriting]

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Thank you so much your video helped me a lot

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[@muwon8633]

so clear, thank you

[@erinwrightwriting]

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Thanks, It was helpful to me.

[@erinwrightwriting]

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Thank you. You're a life saver.

[@erinwrightwriting]

Thank you so much! I wish you all the best with your Word project!

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Very clear. Thank you

[@erinwrightwriting]

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[@erinwrightwriting]

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[@mrslyslyf]

Erin, as always, thank you so much for this very helpful video!

[@erinwrightwriting]

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very helpful thank you so much

[@erinwrightwriting]

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[@erinwrightwriting]

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Hanx Erin. Much appreciated x

[@erinwrightwriting]

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[@zaradventures]

Very useful. Thanks for grabbing my attention to measurement's unit😅

[@erinwrightwriting]

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[@erinwrightwriting]

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[@erinwrightwriting]

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Very much informative, thanks a lot

[@erinwrightwriting]

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[@riverjao]

Thank you! Very helpful and easy to follow along!

[@erinwrightwriting]

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[@jenniferapolinario1513]

i feel so bad when someone who used my pc and he hide ruler margin.but the help of erin through her video . my little problem was solve.

[@erinwrightwriting]

I'm glad your problem was solved!

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Very useful...Thanks Mam

[@erinwrightwriting]

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That was a good tutorial.

[@erinwrightwriting]

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Thanks for sharing this ..

[@erinwrightwriting]

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Excellent explanation mam

[@erinwrightwriting]

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[@erinwrightwriting]

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Fantastic Tips. Thanks.

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Thank you. It is very informative and helpful.

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Excellent Erin.

[@erinwrightwriting]

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Thanks for useful tutorial It saved my time 🕰️ & energy

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[@erinwrightwriting]

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[@erinwrightwriting]

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Thank you so much. Very clear, very helpful.

[@erinwrightwriting]

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[@sarahlouanncookholmes3279]

QUESTION: I am binding a landscape document on the short side. How do I insert mirror margins on the short side of a document? Thank you. Your videos have been so helpful to me in this project!

[@erinwrightwriting]

Great question! When you are binding a physical document, you will want to add mirror gutters (which Word confusingly also refers to as margins). To do so, select Layout > Margins > Custom margins > "Mirror margins" in the Multiple Page menu > enter your gutter depth in the Gutter text box > OK. Of course, please do a test run on a few pages before printing a long document. I wish you all the best with your project!

[@sarahlouanncookholmes3279]

It worked! Your instructions are so clear. Thanks you!!!!@@erinwrightwriting

[@erinwrightwriting]

@@sarahlouanncookholmes3279 That is fantastic news!

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Thank you very much, it helped me a lot.

[@erinwrightwriting]

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[@sashikac]

Thank you ! Very useful for my research project 💯

[@erinwrightwriting]

I'm happy to hear it was useful. I wish you all the best with your research project!

[@abed9712]

you helped me thank you so much

[@erinwrightwriting]

I am happy to hear that. Thank you for watching!

[@abed9712]

@@erinwrightwriting Do u have some video showing how can name the first pages before the introduction with these (I, II, IV) and so on Best regards

[@erinwrightwriting]

@@abed9712 I don't have a tutorial showing those steps specifically. However, if you create a section break between the first pages and the introduction, you can apply different page numbering to each section. When you apply the page numbers to the second section, be sure to uncheck "Continue from previous section" in the Page Number Format dialog box. Best of luck!

[@abed9712]

@@erinwrightwriting thank you sooo much Erin I did it finally ..... I really appreciate your help

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It was helpful

[@erinwrightwriting]

I am so glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching!

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Hi Erin: Thank you so, so much for your response. You are right and you have been very helpful. It is greatly appreciated. Please keep up the excellent work. Best Regards!

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Thank you very much for such a helpful video

[@erinwrightwriting]

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thanks for shared

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Thank you Erin

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Thankyou so much

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Helped with my exam in stemays

[@erinwrightwriting]

I am so happy to hear that! I wish you all the best with your studies!

[@Neerajkumar-xl9kx]

i was looking for magin kind of thing. thank you

[@erinwrightwriting]

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[@DrineThePoet]

Great tutorial

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Thank you.

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Thanks 🤩

[@erinwrightwriting]

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[@SarahDouglas-ne7mb]

Do you have a video for margins for resumes with indents, bullet points and headings/dates., etc?

[@erinwrightwriting]

Thank you for watching! I have tutorials on each of those topics individually, but not collectively for a resume. I appreciate the suggestion!

[@brennaarthur2173]

Thank you. So helpful for my papers.

[@erinwrightwriting]

I'm glad it was helpful. Thank you for watching!

[@danieldelatorre9564]

@@erinwrightwriting Do you think normal margins are ok to use for writing a print book?

[@erinwrightwriting]

@@danieldelatorre9564 Margins are generally determined by the book formatter in conjunction with the printer, rather than an editor such as myself, so I'm afraid I can't offer any advice for print publications. Best of luck!

[@danieldelatorre9564]

@@erinwrightwriting ok thanks anyway.

[@ibanvazquez238]

Thank you! Helped on spacing my resume!

[@erinwrightwriting]

I am glad to hear that! I wish you the best of luck in your new career!

[@payalchowdhury7499]

Thank you for the help

[@erinwrightwriting]

Thank you for watching!

[@terrytari1891]

I just want to set my margins back to NORMAL so what do I do? Everything here is just for custom, thank you!

[@erinwrightwriting]

Thank you for watching! To return to normal margins, press Ctrl + A to select your entire document. Then, go to the Layout tab and select the Margin button. From there, select Normal from the drop-down menu. Best of luck!

[@desertrose777]

very helpful, thank you so much.

[@erinwrightwriting]

I'm glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching!

[@isuranthamadhawa8211]

Excellent thank you

[@erinwrightwriting]

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[@YouGotPropofol]

When using the ruler to adjust margins, it’s hard to get them symmetrical. After adjusting margins with the ruler, if you then go to page setup and see your actual margin measurement they are rarely even.

[@erinwrightwriting]

Thank you for watching! If you press and hold the Alt key on your keyboard as you move any of the markers on the ruler, you will see exact measurements.

[@YouGotPropofol]

@@erinwrightwriting omg wow. I'm gonna go nuts if that works !!!! Thanks!

[@YouGotPropofol]

@@erinwrightwriting Thank you that works! It is sort of finicky trying get an exact margin number... as I slide the double arrows left and right it jumps from .51 to .49 cant seem to get .50 exactly. I figured out when I zoom in on the document then I can get those in between numbers. This was great info, thanks again.

[@erinwrightwriting]

@@YouGotPropofol Thank you for the update! I am glad it worked for you!

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Thank you ❤

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Thanks

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Thank you!

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