How Do I Change the Paper Size in Word?

Your paper document and its presentation create a first impression on onlookers before anyone goes through a single word. The paper size, color and their borders give the reader a general sense of the theme and quality of the document. In Microsoft Word, the automatic paper size is 8.5 by 11 inches, and you most often print your reports, applications and other materials on this size paper, but sometimes you wish to alter the paper size in Word to use a different size of paper of the content isn’t suitable for the default 8.5”*11” size. Here are few steps you need to adapt to change a document paper size for printing:

1.    Launch a new or existing file in Microsoft Word.

2.    Then you’ll have to select Page Setup from the File menu at the upper part of the word.

3.    When your Page Setup dialogue box pops up, it should be on Page Attributes. In case if it does not press the drop-down selector at the upper part of the list and choose Page Attributes.

4.    By clicking the drop-down menu beside Paper Size, press the size paper you wish from the existing options. When you make a selection, the Word page on screen alters to that size. For instance, if you choose US Legal on the menu, the document size modify to 8.5 by 14.

Some steps to set up a Customized Paper Size:

In case you don’t find the size you wish in the drop-down menu, you can organize any particular size you want.

1.    Press Manage Custom Sizes at the lower part of the last of paper size options.

2.    Press the Plus sign to create a new customized size. The fields are entered with the default measurements, which you can later alter.

3.    Click on “untitled” in the personalized size list and alter/edit the name to something you’ll easily remember or recognize by writing on it.

4.    Press in the field beside Width and enter a new width. Do the same process in the field beside to Height.

5.    Create a Non-Printable Area by selecting User Defined and filling in the margin amounts in the Upper, Lower, Left and Right fields. You can also choose your printer to use its default non-printing areas.

6.    Press OK to get back to the Page Setup screen.

7.    Choose Other or the name you create the customized size in the drop-down paper size menu. Your documents alter to that size on the screen.

Joey Williams is a self-professed security expert; he has been making the people aware of the              security threats. His passion is to write about Cyber security, cryptography, malware, social engineering, internet and new media. He writes for Norton security products at norton.com/setup.

Source : MS Word