Section 3 - Changing Margins Using Page Setup

To change the margins of a document in Word XP and MAC Word 2004:

• Open the File Menu and select Page Setup. (On the Mac click on the Page Attributes pop-up menu and select the Microsoft Word option.  The dialog box will change to reflect the different page setup options for Microsoft Word, from there click on the Margins… button to open the Document dialog box.)

• The following diagrams demonstrate how to change the margins in both Word XP and Macintosh versions.




MAC Word 2004


To change the margins of a document in Word 2007:

• Click the Page Layout tab on the Ribbon.
• Click the Margins button from the Page Setup group and a pop-up menu will appear.
• You can choose from a list of default margin settings by clicking the preferred button or you can click on the Custom Margins button at the bottom of the pop-up menu and the Page Setup dialog box will appear. 

 

Word 2007 Window

OR

• Select the Page Layout tab and click the Dialog Box Launcher found on the Page Setup group. The Page Setup dialog box will appear and you can change your margin settings.

Word 2007 Window