Word Gutter Double Sided

Gutter margins for binding.

Word gutter double sided.

Set gutter position to left. Under two sided select booklet. Go to the paper tab and select the paper size. Click the page layout tab on the microsoft word ribbon and then select margins click custom margins at the bottom of the pop up window to open the page setup menu.

For an 8 5 x 11 paper size when i click on landscape word assumes i want an 8 5 tall page for the booklet. Word calls this area the gutter and allows you to customize the size based on your binding needs. Mirror margins for facing pages. Set the value in gutter to the desired size.

Select and increase the value of gutter to reserve space on the inside fold for binding. In this case the margins of the left page are a mirror image of those of the right page. Configuring word 2013 documents for double sided printing. The gutter will thus be set for the left hand side of every page.

Start page numbering on page 3 double sided printing. If the first page of your document is a cover page the second page is a table of contents and you want the third page to show page 1 see start page numbering on page 3 double sided printing. Configuring word 2013 documents for double sided printing. The final size of the booklet is one half width of the paper size.

Set margins for facing pages use mirror margins to set up facing pages for double sided documents such as books or magazines. When i click on portrait word assumes a 4 25 tall page. Here we re adding 0 75 to word s default 1 0 top margin to make room for a two hole punch at the top of the page. Now that you ve learned how to create a booklet or book in microsoft word you can read the following section to learn how to use double sided printing.

For more info. If you re printing a double sided document that will go into a binder to form a book you ll want to adjust the gutter margin instead of adjusting the left or right margins.