Usually when creating documents in Word, The paper orientation used is Portrait or vertical (vertical). If you create a document that has an attachment in the form of table or picture in a horizontal position (horizontal), You need to set a different orientation for the page.
When you want to create a document with a different page orientation, You can set portrait and landscape pages in one document Word so you don't need to create two different documents.
In this short guide, It only takes two steps to set portrait and landscape pages in one Word document.
Let's say your first page is portrait and your second page is landscape, then you just need to add Section Break (Next Page) on the first page. Then you can change the orientation of the next page (second) without affecting the previous page.
How to Arrange Portrait and Landscape pages in one Word document
The steps:
Steps 1: Add a Section Break to the Previous Page.
Add Section Break (Next Page) on the previous page aims to separate the previous page from the next page. To add a Section Break (Next Page), do the following:
- Place the cursor at the end of the previous page (First), then select tab Layout ->Breaks->Next Page
Steps 2: Change Next Page Orientation
After adding Section Break (Next Page) on the previous page (First), now you can change the orientation of the next page (second) without affecting the previous page (First), do the following:
- Place the cursor on the next page (second), then select tab Layout ->Orientation->Landscape
Closing
To organize portrait and landscape pages in one Word document, it only requires two steps, namely adding Section Break (Next Page) on the previous page then change the orientation of the next page without affecting the previous page.
If you want to change the orientation of the next page again (third or fourth) become a portrait, then you can repeat the two steps above.
By adding Section Break (Next Page) on the page, You can apply different Header and Footer contents to the page. Like the example above, The first page header has a letterhead, while the second page is without letterhead.
For implementing different Headers, You can learn how to make a letterhead in Word. You can also see examples of different Footer implementations in Complete guide to creating page numbers in Word
Hope it's useful