You need to be careful to move the margin marker, not the arrows arrows on the ruler, these are used for indenting paragraphs.Any changes to the page format (size, margins, orientation, and so on) apply to all slides in the presentation. Hold down the left mouse button and drag the mouse to move the margin. The pointer turns into a double-headed arrow. Put the mouse cursor over the line between the gray and white sections. The shaded sections of the rulers are the margins. To set the margins of your document click the button on the Page panel of the Properties deck in sidebar.Ĭhoose Narrow, Normal, Wide or set custom values. However some types of documents like posters, brochures etc may require to change the margins. In general you should avoid changing margins for most of your documents.
The use of white space around the content of a page makes our document more easy to read and visually appealing. Margins serve two main purposes:Īll printers require a space between the printing area and the edge of the paper because printing on the edges is hard if not impossible for most printers Page margins are the white space around the top, bottom, left, and right of your document. To change the orientation click on the button on the Page panel of the Properties deck in sidebar. See how orientation can affect the appearance of a page in the image below. Landscape means the page is oriented horizontally, while portrait means the page is oriented vertically. Writer offers two page orientation options: landscape and portrait. Normally you should use the A4 size 99% of the times. To set the paper size click the button on the Page panel of the Properties deck in sidebar. Some printers support the larger A3 size. A4 is the default paper size in Writer and the size that all printers support. The most common paper size used around the world is A4, which is 210mm x 297mm. Paper sizes ares standardized according to the A series ISO sizes. Paper sizeĮvery document in a text editing application must have defined a paper size. To quickly edit basic page properties such as paper size, margins and orientation use the Sidebar's Page section in properties tab.įor more options choose the menu item Format > Page to open the Page formating window.
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