This document provides instructions on various page formatting and layout options in Microsoft Word, including: - Setting page margins - Choosing between portrait and landscape page orientation - Adding and customizing headers and footers - Inserting page numbers in headers/footers - Adding footnotes and endnotes - Converting text to multiple columns for publications like newsletters

1. Page Formatting

2. Margins
Page margins are the blank
space around the edges of the
page. In general, you insert text
and graphics in the printable
area between the margins.
You can select from preset margins
using the drop-down selections under
the margin button on the Page Layout
tab.
This will set the margins for your
entire document
You can select custom margins if
you need to set specific margins that

3. Page Orientation
Page orientation is whether your paper prints wider or taller.
Landscape is wider - Portrait is taller
The command is a drop-down in the page setup group
on the page layout tab

4. Headers and Footers
A header appears at the top of each page
A footer appears at the bottom of each page
A header or footer can display information
such as the date , page number, chapter
title, document title, etc.
These commands are found on
the Insert Tab in the header &
footer group
Word gives you
preset options to
use for your
header and footer.

5. To create your own header
choose EDIT HEADER from the
bottom of the drop down menu
The special header & footer ribbon commands only appear when you add a header
or footer. These commands give you the ability to format them to your needs.
Whatever you design in your header or footer will
appear on every page of your document. When you are finished
customizing, click the
There is an option to exclude page one if that is a red X to close the
cover or title page. ribbon.

6. Page Numbers
There is an option to insert page numbers in the header/footer dialog box, however, Word
offers a more direct route to the same end.
On the Insert Tab in the header & footer
group you can choose the placement and
style of your page numbers.
By using Word’s built in page number
feature, word will automatically adjust if
you edit your document after the pages
have been numbered.
The page numbers are added to the
header or footer.

7. Footnotes and Endnotes
You can add a footnote or endnote to provide additional information about the text in
your document. Footnotes and endnotes can provide information such as an
explanation, comment or reference.
Footnotes
appear at bottom
of a page. Word
ensures that the
text for a footnote
always appears on
the same page as
the footnote
number. Endnotes appear at the end of the document.
Position the insertion point right after
the text you want to footnote. Then on
the References tab in the footnote group
click Insert footnote.

8. When you add a footnote, two things happen. First, a tiny footnote indicator
appears in the document where the insertion point was. Second your cursor is
transported down to the bottom of the page to the insertion point blinking beside
the corresponding footnote indicator. Type the footnote text.
Footnote indicator
Footnote pane –
type here
To delete a footnote or endnote, simply select the footnote indicator character in the
main document window and press Backspace. The indicator and corresponding
footnote or endnote is deleted. If necessary, Footnote indicator numbers will also
change.

9. Create Newspaper Columns
Certain kinds of information are best displayed using columns. (Think about your local
newspaper.) If you create newsletters, flyers, reports, announcements, school projects, or
other types of publications, you might want to use Word's column feature.
It's easier to enter document text into a single column and then convert it into multiple
columns. Focus on your writing first, then concentrate on design issues.
First select the text that you
would like to format into
columns.
Then navigate to the page
layout tab and choose columns.
You can select the number of
columns from the drop down
options.