Microsoft Office 2008 for Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide

Chapter 3. Document Formatting

Unlike character and paragraph formatting (discussed in Chapter 4), document formatting applies to an entire document (or, in some cases, only to selected document sections). You can use document formatting commands to alter the page orientation, set margins, or specify a custom paper size on which to print a memo or an envelope, for example.

You can add columns to create a newsletter or magazine layout, divide a document into sections (as you might do for a manual or report), and force pages and columns to break exactly where you want. As you choose new settings, Word automatically adjusts the text to fit the specified orientation, margins, paper size, number of columns, and so on.

Paper Size and Orientation

Word’s ...