Word has a ‘narrow margins’ option to try but it might be more than you need.Īdjusting the left/right margins can also help fit more text on a page but it’s less direct than the top/bottom margins. It might not take a lot, just shaving one margin from 1″ to 0.75″ could be enough. Top / Bottom MarginsĪ document with a few pages can be made to fit simply by reducing the top or bottom margins by a little. Try cutting it back to 7pt or 6pt which might be enough to fit it all at the bottom of the page.Ī slight change in the spacing of a few end paragraphs is more subtle than a change in spacing for all document paragraphs. In our Normal template that’s set to 8pt. Select the last paragraphs then Home | Paragraph | Indents and Spacing and check the Spacing Before or After settings. Reduce paragraph spacingįor the last few paragraphs slightly reduce the paragraph spacing. Removing one word and a duplication is all it took to reduce three lines to two. Obviously, you should not do it with a famous speech or quote, as we’ve done in this example. Are there paragraphs with just a word or two on a separate line at the end of a paragraph? Shortening the paragraph can remove the extra line used and gain some vertical space. Remove the paragraph mark and the extra page problem is partly solved.Ĭheck the text on the last page. In this example Show All reveals a paragraph mark at the very end of the document, which happens quite a lot but usually doesn’t matter. Use Show Allĭon’t forget the Word’s users friend ‘Show All’ which reveals paragraph marks, line breaks and other hidden characters. Small changes won’t be noticeable overall. Look at Home | Paragraph | Indents and Spacing | Spacing.
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Look at headings on the last or second last full page, try shaving a point or two from the ‘Before’ or ‘After’ settings or the Multiple line setting. Heading 1 has a default 12pt spacing before the text and multiple line spacing. Word’s default headings have large spacing before the text and multiple line spacing. If there’s a picture or chart, try reducing its size a little. Widow/Orphan control is normally ON but, if not, that quick change might solve the problem. Reach the Paragraph settings dialog box from the little arrow button at bottom right of Home | Paragraph: This and other suggestions use the full Paragraph settings, not just the ones on the ribbon. Look at Home | Paragraph | Line and Page Breaks | Widow/Orphan control. Click Selected sections after selecting a block of text in. Click This point forward if you'd like the new margins to apply to the pages of the document beyond the cursor's current. Check the overall paragraph settings or just the settings on a last paragraph to ensure Widow/Orphan control is ON. Click Whole document if you'd like the same margins used throughout the document. Word has a setting to prevent paragraph ‘orphans’ where the last line appears at the top of the next page. Look for when your changes make the total pages drop by one. Or just look at the page count at bottom left of the Word status bar. Word has multi-page views so you can see the overall look of a page and maybe identify where some vertical space can be saved. Removing vertical space earlier in a document usually doesn’t have a direct impact on pagination many pages later. The place to make changes the last few pages of a document. Pick and try from this list of ideas which move from tiny changes to larger savings in vertical space. Obviously, every document is different so the tricks you use depend on the situation.
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Here’s suggestions for how to move a few orphaned lines from the top of a page in more subtle and effective ways. If you are using Word 2013, choose Rotate all text 90° and you should be set.We already talked about the Microsoft Word ‘ Shrink One Page‘ feature and its limitations.In the Drawing Tools Format Ribbon, in the Text Group, click on Text Direction icon until the number is rotated in the right orientation.Type in “Footer” in the Style Name: box, and then click Apply.Go to the Styles Group, click on the More icon () and then Apply Styles.Highlight the number, go to the Home Ribbon, and apply the Footer style so it matches all of your other footer.A large number will now appear in the left margin, and should be correctly centered.However, you can also use the Effects panel to adjust multiple levels with finer detail. The simplest way to change Opacity is to enter a percentage anywhere from 100 to 0 in the Effects panel. On the Insert Ribbon, in the Header & Footer Group, click on the arrow next to the Page Number icon, choose Page Margin, and then in the Plain Number section, choose Large, left (unfortunately, they don’t seem to have just a plain left option). Make sure you have the Effects panel open.Delete the page numbers from the footer of the landscape section.If your department requires you to prepare your dissertation for printing, you will have to alter the placement of the page numbers on your landscape pages. Rackham no longer requires dissertations to be prepped for printing. Adding Page Numbers to the Landscape Page(s)