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Set Portrait and Landscape Page in One Document in Word -22

Add or Insert 8 or more page or setting portrait and landscape pages in word

Changing the Portrait page to a Landscape page and the Landscape page to a Portrait is called Orientation.

In other words, changing the height of a page to the width of a page as height is called Orientation. However, the default Page Layout in word is Portrait.

Set Portrait and Landscape Page in One Document at a Time

1. First, add enough pages to your document. For example, add 8 or more pages

Add or Insert 8 or more page or setting portrait and landscape pages in word
Add enough pages to your document

2. For example, if you would like to keep the first 1 page as it is (Portrait) and want to change the next 3 pages (2nd, 3rd, and 4th pages) is as landscape. Then click at the beginning of the first line of the 2nd page to start the new section from here.

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Select the Second Page

3. On the Layout tab, in the Page Setup group, click on the Breaks, and then select “Next Page” under the “Section Breaks”.

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Section Break

4. Now, to stop the previous page Section Break at the 4th page (Previous Page Layout) or start a new section from the 5th page, click at the beginning of the first line on the 5th page. 

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Click the fifth page

5. Again, go to the Layout tab, click on the Breaks in the Page Setup group, and then select “Next Page” under “Section Breaks”.

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Apply Section Breaks

6. To stop the previous page Section break at the 7th page (Previous Page Layout) or start a new section from the 8th page, click at the beginning of the first line on the 8th page.

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Click on the eighth page

7. Again, go to the Layout tab, click on the Breaks in the Page Setup group, and then select “Next Page” under “Section Breaks”.

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Section Break

8. To change the portrait as landscape pages from the 2nd to the 4th pages, click one of these pages.

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Change the portrait to landscape pages

9. After that, on the Layout tab, in the Page Setup group, click the drop-down arrow of the Orientation, and then select “Landscape”.

Set Portrait and Landscape Page Orientations at a time in MS-Word

The next section breaks are applied between the 5th and 7th pages so leave them as the portrait pages which are default.

10. If you would like to change the 8th page to the Landscape page, click the 8th page because you have started the new section here.

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Click next page

11. After that, on the Layout tab, in the Page Setup group, click on the drop-down arrow of the Orientation and then select “Landscape”.

Set Portrait and Landscape Page in One Document in MS Word
Set Portrait and Landscape Page in One Document in MS Word

Note:

  1. Never apply the section break to the first page
  2. To stop the previous section to the next pages wherever you want, apply the section break to the next page, rather than the page that you want to stop. For example, to stop at the 7th page, click the 8th page.
  3. To start the new section, apply the section break to the same page except for the first page.

What is the Orientation?

Changing the Portrait page to a Landscape page and the Landscape page to a Portrait is called Orientation. In other words, changing the height of a page to the width and width of a page as height is called Orientation. However, the default Page Layout in word is Portrait.

Change a page to landscape in Word?

Insert a section break before the page and set it to Landscape.

Different margins for portrait and landscape pages in Word?

Adjust margins in Page Setup for each section.

Navigate between different page orientation sections in Word?

Use the Navigation Pane and section breaks.

How do I insert a section break in Word?

To insert a section break in Word, place the cursor where you want the break, go to the “Layout” tab, click “Breaks,” and choose either “Next Page” for a new section on the next page or “Continuous” for a section on the same page.