

You can set the first page of your document to be different from the other pages. Click on the Size icon to open a list where you can select one of the options for page size. You can change the paper size of a document in Word on the tab Layout and the Page Setup group. Please remember to check the paper size, especially if the print-out looks different from the document on the screen. In addition, some printers may have the default paper size Letter, which is different from A4. size A3 paper, you had better change the size of the page you are modifying. The paper size normally used in Finland is A4 (21 cm x 29.7 cm). Landscape = horizontal, Portrait = vertical.

Click on the Orientation icon to select the orientation from the list: You can change the orientation with Word on the tab Layout and the group Page Setup. if you have drawn a wide spreadsheet and you want to print it on one page. You can change the default orientation of a page to be printed horisontally instead of vertically. Right and nether margins are determined by the printer’s minimum requirement (usually 0.9 cm).The recommendations of faculties and departments at the university may differ quite a deal from the SFS standard, so please check with your own department what they recommend. The Finnish Standards Association recommends (the SFS standard) a layout standard for documents left margin 2 cm, upper margin 1 cm. You can also specify how far headers and footers (read more about headers and footers) are from the paper’s edge, and any possible margins necessary for binding a book. Enter the margin width you want in the fields of the Margins tab of the Page Setup menu that opens up, and then close the window by clicking on OK.

You can set your own margin size by clicking on the button in the lower right-hand corner (see image above). Click on the Margins icon to select a suitable option from a list. In Word, you can set the margins on the tab Layout and the Page Setup group. The margins specify the area left between the edge of the paper and the text body. The features may be located in slightly different places in other word processors, but they work with similar principles. The examples on this page show these features in Microsoft Word. The page settings are used to change the settings of document pages and other data, including:
