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To make one page set in landscape orientation in Word, use the Layout menu to create a section break for that page, then set that section to landscape.
You can customize the formatting in Word so there are portrait and landscape pages in the same document.
Be sure to add another section for the rest of the document and set that section back to portrait.
It’s simple enough to create a document that’s formatted in portrait or landscape orientation, but what if you want to make a document in which only one page is landscape? It’s possible, but perhaps because it’s not that common, Microsoft Word doesn’t make that a one-click formatting option. Here are two ways to make a single page landscape within a document that is otherwise portrait.
How to make one page landscape in Word
1. In the Word document you want to format, place the cursor at the top of the page that you want to turn landscape.
2. Click Layout in the ribbon tabs.
3. In the Page Setup section, click Breaks.
4. In the Section Breaks section, click Next Page.
The key to making a page landscape is to create a separate section in your Word document.
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5. Still in the Page Setup section, choose Orientation, then click Landscape. You should see the entire rest of the document turn landscape.
After creating a section break, you can make that next section landscape.
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6. Scroll down and place the cursor at the start of the next page.
7. In the Page Setup section, click Breaks.
8. In the Section Breaks section, choose Next Page.
9. Click Orientation, followed by Portrait.
Finally, create another section for the rest of the document and set it back to portrait.
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How to make a selection of text landscape in Word
What if you don’t want to make all the text on a particular page landscape, but rather just a section of text? You can select some text and apply landscape formatting just to that.
1. Select the text on a page that you want to format as landscape.
2. Click Layout in the ribbon tabs.
3. In the Page Setup section, click Margins. At the bottom of the drop-down menu, choose Custom Margins.
Choose Custom Margins in the Margins menu.
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4. In the Page Setup dialog box, in the Orientation section, click Landscape.
5. In the Preview section, click the Apply to menu and choose Selected text.
6. Click OK.
Choose Landscape and apply it only to the selected text.
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The selected text should now appear on its own page in landscape format.