Basic skills (Formatting Pages) in Microsoft Words

Hello everyone, today i would like to share some basic knowledge about Microsoft Words. Here are some topics that I will be covering ;

• Adjust page margins
• Header and footer

1) Adjust Page Margins

What is page margins?
- Margins are the space between the edge of the paper and the text. You can adjust the right, left, top, and bottom margins of your document.

Page Margins

How to Adjust Page Margins?

-Step 1 : Make sure you open the document. (If you want the margins to be applied only to a selected part of a document, select that particular part)

- Step 2 : Click the Page Layout tab, and click the Margins button in the Page Setup group. This will display a list of options to be selected but you have to click the Custom Margins option available at the bottom.

- Step 3 : You will have to display a Page Dialog Box as shown below where you can set top, left, right and bottom margins under the Margins Tab. Select the Apply to: option to apply the margin on selected text or complete document.

-Step 4 :  If you are going to bind the document and want to add an extra amount of space on one edge for the binding, enter that amount in the Gutter text box, and select the side the gutter is on with the Gutter Position drop-down list. Maku sure you sets all the desired values for all the margins, then click the OK button to apply the margins.

2) Header and Footer

What is Header and Footer?

- They are parts of a document that contain special information such as page numbers and the total number of pages, the document title, company logo, any photo, etc. The header appears at the top of every page, and the footer appears at the bottom of every page.

How to Add Header and Footer?

- Step 1 : Click the Insert tab, then click the Header button or the Footer button that which needs to be added first. For example, if you choose the header button, when you click on the Header Button, it will display a list of built-in Headers from where you can choose any of the headers by simply clicking on it.

- Step 2 : Once you chose any of the headers, it will be applied to the document in editable mode. The text in your document will appear dimmed, Header and Footer buttons appear on the Ribbon and a Close Header and Footer button will also appear at the top-right corner.

Step 3 : You can type your information whatever you want to have in your document header. Once you are done, click Close Header and Footer to come out of the header insertion mode. You will see the final result as follows.

* You can use the same steps for footers