Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Word in Microsoft 365. If you are using an earlier version (Word 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Word, click here: Understanding Page Sizes.
Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated April 27, 2019)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Word in Microsoft 365
You probably know that you can specify a size for the paper on which you print your Word documents. It is easy to change to a common page size; just display the Layout tab of the ribbon (Word 2016 or a later version) or Page Layout tab (earlier versions of Word.) If you click the Size tool (in the Page Setup group) Word shows you some of the more common page sizes that people use. Select one, and your document is reformatted for that page size.
However, you may want to set your own custom page size, which Word completely supports. You can do this through the use of the Page Setup dialog box. There are two ways you can display the proper tab in the dialog box:
Regardless of the method you use, you should make sure that the Paper tab is displayed. (See Figure 1.)
Figure 1. The Paper tab of the Page Setup dialog box.
If you want to specify a custom paper size, you can do so by simply adjusting the Width and Height settings in the dialog box. As you do so, notice that the Paper Size setting changes to Custom Size. Word allows you to set any page height and width between .1 inches and 22 inches. (These limits are hard-coded into Word and cannot be changed.) If you want to print documents with larger dimensions, then you need to choose a different program—other than Word—to do your printing.
Be aware that if you specify a custom size for printing, the results may not be exactly what you think they will be. For instance, if you specify a page width of 15 inches, but the printer can only handle paper up to 10 inches wide, then the resulting printout will not be satisfactory, and the printer may actually reject the print job. You should make sure that you specify paper sizes that are within the limits of what your printer can actually handle.
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2019-04-30 17:39:23
TW
Louise, I believe this is what you are looking for.
On the Page Layout Tab, click on Margins, choose Custom Margins, in the middle of the page setup window you’ll see multiple pages with normal in the box, click the down arrow and choose Book Fold.
2019-04-27 11:20:59
Louise
I am using word 2010. Can you tell me how to split an A4 sheet into 2 separate pages. The old 2007 version had this option on the set up page but the newer versions don’t seem to have it.
Thank you.
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