How do I tell exactly how big my margins are?

Question

Im having a hard time getting 1 inch margins in microsoft word. The ruler is all off and confusing. Can anyone help me?

please no smart *** comments. This is a 20 page paper for an upper level sociology course. You cant get exact 1 inch margins "by looking at them"

Answer 1

I should mention, I'm basing this on Microsoft word 2003. Since my college doesn't accept anything except word 2003, I haven't bothered to upgrade. Hope this helps :)

1. goto File> Page setup

2. then put in 1" boxes labeled "left", "right", "top" and "bottom" (that should set your margins to 1" - even when printing).

- Make sure the Gutter is 0 (or whatever you want it. By default, just leave it at 0).

- Also make sure the Preview section is set to Apply to: "Whole Document"

If you then select Okay it will set your margins to 1" even when printing. Unless you change them again your margins will be 1 inch.

If you can't see that via the ruler however, click View -> Print Layout and see if that helps. This should let you see the 1" margins just fine.

If the ruler is still messed up, you might be zoomed in. Make sure you are viewing it at 100% (go to View -> Toolbars -> make sure "Standard" is checked). There's a percentage option at the top in the 'Standard toolbar'. It's a drop down menu, click it and go to the 100% and select it to view at 100%.

Understand the last part about seeing the ruler is just for you to be able to see on the ruler that your margins are at 1". That's all. The Page Setup will set your margins, not the ruler.

Hope that helps :) Cheers!

Answer 2

Don't use the ruler to set them. Click on File in the top left of your window. Then choose "page setup." The default is 1.25 inches on both right and left margins. Change them each to 1.0 inches and click OK. They will automatically be reset to one inch on right and left.

If you do this before you begin typing it will be the margins throughout your file. If you do it in the middle of your file you need to deside if you want to affect the entire file or only a paraticular section of the file. Highlight the section if that's all you need with 1" margins, and click on "selected section only." Pay attention to these options to be sure you are getting what you want.

Answer 3

Go to file, page setup, and the first tab should be the margins tab. change the top, bottom, left, right margins to 1 inch by pressing down or up arrow.

Answer 4

go to File, Page Setup, and Select 1" for the margins

Answer 5

Go to page setup, then set your margin to 1. That should do!

Answer 6

triple click to highlight the entire document then go to file then page setup then set the margins top, bottom, left, and right margins to 1".

Answer 7

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Answer 8

go to FILE and then PAGE SETUP. you can adjust the margins and borders there. :)

Answer 9

go to file then page setup

Answer 10

file
page setup
and it pops right up!

just click default - and should return to normal? normal!

all the best