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Setting Limits: Changing Page Margins
by Tim Donnelly, guest writer —
M
argins ensure that the text in your document stay within the part of your pages that you want them to. When you open a new document, the margins are already set but you can change them for part or all of your document.

Changing Your Margins
The standard margins for a Word document are 1.25" on the left and right and 1" on the top and bottom. Here's how you can change them:

1. If you want to change the margins for a particular section, navigate in your document to that section.

2. Go to File > Page Setup and choose the "Margins" tab.

3. Adjust the measurements as needed.

4. Select the "Apply to" option and choose one of these options.
This section: to change the margins in the current section only>
Whole document: to change the margins on every page in the document.
This point forward: to change the margins on every page from now on (a section break will automatically be inserted.

5. Click "OK" and you're done.

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