Set the paper size, orientation, and margins
last updated at: 23 Oct 2026
A new document is A4, portrait, with 2 cm margins on every side. You can change the paper, the way it's turned, and the margins for the whole document.
Open the page setup
Click File in the toolbar and choose Page setup…. You can also choose Format → Page orientation, which opens the same window. While you edit a header or footer, Options → Page setup… on its bar opens it too.
Change the page
- Under Orientation, pick Portrait or Landscape.
- In Paper size, pick a paper: Letter, Tabloid, Legal, Statement, Executive, Folio, A3, A4, A5, B4, or B5. Each shows its size in centimeters. Turning the page keeps the paper, so A4 stays A4 in landscape.
- Under Margins (centimetres), type the Top, Bottom, Left, and Right margin.
- Click OK, or Cancel to leave the page as it was.
A margin can be 0 cm or more, but it has to leave room for your text. If it doesn't, the window says so and OK stays off until you fix it.
A document has one page setup, so it applies to every page. If the paper isn't one in the list, for example after you import a Word file, Paper size shows Custom until you pick another.
If you can only view the document, the window shows the page setup but you can't change it, and it has a Close button instead of OK.
Related articles
- Headers and footers sit inside the top and bottom margins. See Add headers, footers, and page numbers.
- The printout and the PDF use this page. See Print a document.
- A Word file brings its paper size, orientation, and margins along. See Import a Word document.