I Can't Change Default Margins on My Word Document
The Microsoft Word application includes options for changing your document's margin and gutter sizes as well as headers and footer sizes. These values are specific to the document you are working in. However, Word also allows users to set the current document's settings as the default for all future documents. Despite the new ribbon-based user interface of Word 2007 and 2010, the process is similar for all versions of Word.
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Instructions
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Windows 2003
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Open Microsoft Word 2003.
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Create a new document or open an existing document.
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Open the "File" menu and select "Page Setup."
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Set the margins to your desired values.
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Click the "Default" button at the bottom-left corner of the Page Setup menu. Click "Yes" to confirm the changes to the default values.
Word 2007 And 2010
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Open Microsoft Word 2007 or 2010.
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Create a new document or open an existing document.
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Click the "Page Layout" ribbon. Click the "Margins" button and select "Custom Margins."
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Set the margins to your desired values.
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Click the "Set as Default" button in the bottom-left corner of the window. Click "Yes" to confirm the changes.
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Tips & Warnings
Microsoft Word also allows you to change the default font settings, including font, size, style and effects. Open the "Format" menu and select "Font" in Word 2003. For 2007 or 2010, open the "Home" ribbon and click the small arrow icon in the bottom-right corner of the "Font" section.
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Did you try this out on an existing document? I'm suspicious because as you've described it, the margins only change for the paragraph in which the cursor is placed -- Even when "whole document" is selected in the margin menu. Even when I manually select the whole document (Ctrl-A), setting the margins still does not work. Michael
