How to Extend the Margin on Excel

Most margins on worksheets in Excel can be extended to varying degrees.

Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet provides you with a wide variety of data storing, sorting and tracking features. You can also use Excel to import data from other sources, and other programs allow you to export data to Excel. Because of the number of cells available in Excel worksheets, data can accumulate quickly and extend beyond normal page margins. Using the page setup feature, you can extend worksheet margins on Excel.

Instructions

1. Launch Excel and open the document for which you want to extend the margins. Select the worksheet you want to adjust. Click the tab for the appropriate worksheet, or click each tab while holding down the mouse button to select multiple sheets.

2. Click the "Page Layout" tab and locate the "Page Setup" section. Click the "Margins" button and select the "Custom Margins" option, which will open a separate window.

3. Enter the desired margin distances in the "Top," "Bottom," "Left" and "Right" fields. You may also click the "Up" and "down" arrows by each field to adjust them in quarter-inch increments. Click the "OK" button to save the changes to the margins.

References

• Microsoft Office: Set Page Margins