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Normally, when you open Word 2007 your document will be in “Portrait Orientation.” Portrait means that the page is taller than it is wider. Portrait works for most documents, but sometimes you might want to put that page on its side… or landscape, which is when the page is wider than it is taller.
How to change to Portrait or Landscape page orientation in Word 2007
To change the page orientation in Word 2007, click on the “Page Layout” tab on the Ribbon, and then click on the “Orientation” button. This will give you your two options, portrait, or landscape.
’till next time
TNP 
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Hi. Can I change the orientation of a single page from a 7 page document? I need 6 of them in portrait and 1 in landscape. Can this be done or do I need to create a seperate document for the landscape page?
Hi.. Regarding the previous comments… Yes you can change the orientation of a single page from a 7 page document!
You need to insert Section Break between the portrait and the landscape pages.
Good Luck
Thankyou so much. I googled “how to change to landscape in microsoft office 2007″, and i was lucky enough to find this site.
Thankyou again, helped me complete a school assignment,
Matt
Thanks Marwa. Lifesaver.
That’s fine but my Word 2002 does not recognise the page set-up as landscape when I want to centre text - the text goes to the centre but as if the page was still portrait! I have no tabs, 2cm right & left margins and now I have given up - any ideas?
Thank you. My document is 52 pages long. I was able to change 16 pages to landscape, which is what I wanted to do, however, the page numbers started over on the landscape page. My question: how do I have continuous page numbers. Thank you
I have the same problem Carole has. In Word 2003, I could change a few pages to landscape with a group of portrait pages without having page number problems. But not in 2007. For the life of me, I cannot get the page numbers to continue…they reset to page 1 on the landscape pages. It’s driving me nuts!
Hi, I’ve been writing up my thesis and have got several pages for my tables which are landscape. I’ve got page numbers running throughout my project, however the ones on the landscape pages are in the wrong position - they should be in the bottom right hand corner, but obviously as the page is turned around they are in the top right and are the wrong way round - obviously not going to be in the right place when my work is bound into a book!
Does anyone know how to change the location and orientation of the page numbers on these pages only??
Rebecca, Did you figure out how to do this? I’m in the exact same situation with my dissertation. The way I did this before was to delete the landscape page number then create a text box and putting it in the position you want; you have to rotate it, of course. I found Word2000 help that sugegsted this method also, but it is really screwy. Did you find another method?
I have to insert a landscape page into my 30 page document at around page 5, to include a landscape plan. I have worked this out, BUT - My page numbering becomes messed up and it begans page numbering from 1 after my landscape page…Can ayone help??
Hi. Can I change the orientation of a single page from a page document? I need 18 of them in portrait and 50 in landscape. Can this be done or do I need to create a seperate document for the landscape page?
Hi Stanley,
It is pretty easy to change the orientation of single (or multiple) pages in a longer document.
When you set the page orientation, it does so for a “section” of the document. When you just type out a normal document, there is only one “section”, hence when you change the page orientation it does it for all of them. So the solution is to add section breaks to your document.
Click on the page that you want to change the orentation of, and then go to the Page Layout Tab, Page Setup Group, and look in the Breaks menu. Down the bottom you will see four different section breaks you can choose. If you have an existing document, it is best to use the “Continuous” section break.
Now try to change the orentation again… you will notice it will change it for the current section (section 2).
But hang on a second, now all the pages after that page are landscape? What the?
We just repeat the process to create a third section using the Continuous Section Break, then change the orentation back to where we wanted it to be.
There you go! No need to create multiple documents, and try to collate them back together when you print it out (boy that would suck!)
’till next time!
TNP
I am using Word 2003. I set up the page to portrait and print it to hp laser jet 5100 in portrait orientation. the result always in Landscape. I try to other printer and the result is in same way. I need your help. Thanks
To fix the page numbering after changing the orientation of one of the pages in your document, do the following:
On the newly oriented page:
1) Open the ‘Insert’ Tab
2) Click on ‘Page Number’
3) Click on ‘Format Page Numbers’
4) Click on ‘Continue from Previous Section’
Repeat the above process for the page after the newly oriented page.
You’re done!
Hey Marwa! I need to know how to change he pages from portrait to landscape alternatingly.
Like this: P L P L P L etc. Thanks!
-Lucy
Thanks NewPaperclip; saved me a lot of ribbon diggin’!
I have the same issue, I wish to put the last page of my report into Landscape and the rest of the report is Portrait. However, I am using Microsoft Works and don’t seem to have the same tabs available as in Word. Help!!
Thank you very much Marwa !!
I was really looking for this help
Thanks Matt, your instructions were clear and very helpful! I had been looking for the way to do this for 20 minutes and all it took was 2 seconds after reading your comment.
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Somehow in print view all our word documents are rotated 90%. This is a text orientation problem, not related to landscape/portrait.
it may have happened when my son opened a file from school which was set-up that way… any ideas?
Thanks Matt, the answer to the second question most people asked.
I am having a problem with page layout. The page layout is in landscape mode and it won’t respond when I click on the portrait icon. It was in landscape mode when I opened a new blank document and I don’t know why.
hi,
I have a document of 4 landscape pages. When I print a single page it gets printed in landscape all right, but when I want to print all 4 pages in one A4 page it changes the orientation and prints them like they were 4 portrait pages.. I have been searching a way to fix this but haven’t found anything..
Please change the Zoom to 100%
Thanks about the section break comment, helped a lot!
Hi. Can I change the orientation of a single page from a 3 page document? I need 2 of them in portrait and 1 in landscape. Can this be done or do I need to create a seperate document for the landscape page?
Thanks Matt. Saved me a lot of time the power of Web 2.0 community at its finest.
Matt: Thank you, thank you for the page numbering tip!
It’s been driving me insane!
have Word. set portrait on orientation page and on printer page and it still, and always, comes out landscape - can’t get portrait orientation. what’s that all about???
OH thanks for this landscape thingy. I been searching all over 2007 tabs and i barely cant find page setup. Once again thank you. YOu make me a hero today!
Thanks a lot, mate!!! First find on Google, then it worked.
One suggestion: include the tips for single page layout set in the main post body, so people don’t have to read the comments to get to it.
Just my thought.
Cheers!