Page Settings

The options for the page settings is found under the tab “Page Layout” in the ribbon.

Clicking on the button “Margins” shows us a list with several preset margins.
By default it is set to “Normal”. This gives a margin of 2.5 cm for the margins top, bottom, left and right.
If your margins are reduced, Word will place more text on your page. Increase your margins and there will be less text on your page.

You can also change the “Orientation” of you pages. By default it is set to “Portrait”.
“Size”, by default is set to A4.
If the format you want is not in the list, click on the “More paper Sizes” option, and type the height and width of your paper.

If you want to use the dialog “Page Setup”, as in previous versions of Word, click the downward pointing arrow next to the “Page Setup”.
In this dialog, which has three tabs, we can set the margins, orientation, size, and number formats.
If you finished entering your settings, click the OK button in the dialog.

Insert Page Break

Depending on the margins you have set, Word inserts an automatic page break.
But we also have the option to add the page breaks manually.
To insert a page break manually, place the cursor at the location in your document where you want to insert a page break.
Select the tab “Insert” in the ribbon, and click the button “Page Break”.

This adds a page break at the place where you’ve placed the curs

 

The button
“Show/Hide”.

 

 

To see where you manually have inserted a page break, click the button “Show/Hide”.
This button can be found under the tab “Home” in the ribbon.

To manually remove inserted page break, select the page break, and click the Delete key on your keyboard.
To select a page break, place the cursor on the page break, and when it changes into a white arrow, click the left mouse button.

Numbered lists

Three are two ways to add numbered lists to our document.
The first way is by typing the number 1 followed by a period and space.
This is a consequence of the setting in the AutoCorrect options.
If you want to disable this option, click the AutoCorrect Options button.
And uncheck the box “Automatic numbered list”.
If you do not want to use this feature in the future, choose “No more automatic numbered lists.”
Or click “AutoCorrect Options”
This opens the dialog “AutoCorrect” where you select the tab “AutoFormat As You Type”.
Remove the check before the text “Automatic numbered lists”.

A second way is by making use of the button “Numbering” under the tab “Home” onthe ribbon.
By clicking on this button, you add the number 1 in your document.
Type the various items from your list by pressing the Enter key on your keyboard click.
Click the Enter key twice if you want the numbering off.

To set a different type of numbering, click the downward pointing arrow next to the button “Numbering”.
This opens a menu from where we can choose a different type of numbering, or a numbering change.
More on that in a later lesson.

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