Set page parameters

To change page layout, i.e. set page orientation and size, adjust margins and insert columns, use the corresponding icons at the top toolbar.

Note: all these parameters are applied to the entire document. If you need to set different page margins, orientation, size, or column number for the separate parts of your document, please refer to this page.

Page Orientation

Change the current orientation type clicking the Page Orientation Page Orientation icon icon. The default orientation type is Portrait that can be switched to Album.

Page Size

Change the default A4 format clicking the Page Size Page Size icon icon and selecting the needed one from the list. The available preset sizes are:

US Letter (21,59cm x 27,94cm)
US Legal (21,59cm x 35,56cm)
A4 (21cm x 29,7cm)
A5 (14,81cm x 20,99cm)
B5 (17,6cm x 25,01cm)
Envelope #10 (10,48cm x 24,13cm)
Envelope DL (11,01cm x 22,01cm)
Tabloid (27,94cm x 43,17cm)
AЗ (29,7cm x 42,01cm)
Tabloid Oversize (30,48cm x 45,71cm)
ROC 16K (19,68cm x 27,3cm)
Envelope Choukei 3 (11,99cm x 23,49cm)
Super B/A3 (33,02cm x 48,25cm)

You can also set a special page size by selecting the Custom Page Size option from the list. The Page Size window will open where you'll be able to set necessary Width and Height values. Enter your new values into the entry fields or adjust the existing values using arrow buttons. When ready, click OK to apply the changes.

Custom Page Size

Page Margins

Change default margins, i.e. the blank space between the left, right, top and bottom page edges and the paragraph text, clicking the Page Margins Page Margins icon icon and selecting one of the available presets: Normal, US Normal, Narrow, Moderate, Wide. You can also use the Custom Margins option to set your own values in the Margins window that opens. Enter the necessary Top, Bottom, Left and Right page margin values into the entry fields or adjust the existing values using arrow buttons. When ready, click OK. The custom margins will be applied to the current document and the Last Custom option with the specified parameters will appear in the Page Margins Page Margins icon list so that you can apply them to some other documents.

Custom Margins

You can also change the margins manually by dragging the border between the grey and white areas on the rulers (the grey areas of the rulers indicate page margins):

Margins Adjustment

Columns

Apply a multi-column layout clicking the Insert columns Insert columns icon icon and selecting the necessary column type from the drop-down list. The following options are available:

Two - to add two columns of the same width,
Three - to add three columns of the same width,
Left - to add two columns: a narrow column on the left and a wide column on the right,
Right - to add two columns: a narrow column on the right and a wide column on the left.

To exactly specify where a new column should start, place the cursor before the text that you want to move into the new column, click the Insert Page or Section Break icon at the top toolbar and then select the Insert Column Break option. The text will be moved to the next column.

Added column breaks are indicated in your document by a dotted line: . If you do not see the inserted column breaks, click the Nonprinting Characters icon icon at the top toolbar to display them. To remove a column break select it with the mouse and press the Delete key.

To manually change the column width and spacing, you can use the horizontal ruler.

Column spacing

To cancel columns and return to a regular single-column layout, click the Insert columns Insert columns icon icon at the top toolbar and select the One One column icon option from the list.