Change page orientation to landscape or portrait

Applies To
Word for Microsoft 365 Word 2024 Word 2021

Note

The content and steps in this article apply to Word for Microsoft 365 and other desktop versions of Word for Windows.

Change orientation of whole document

  1. To change the orientation of the whole document, select Layout > Orientation.
  2. Choose Portrait or Landscape.

Page orientation

Change part of a document to landscape

A landscape page in an otherwise portrait document lets you fit wide elements like tables and diagrams onto the page

  1. Select the content that you want on a landscape page.
  2. Go to Layout, and open the Page Setup dialog box.
    Page Setup
  3. Select Landscape, and in the Apply to box, choose Selected text.
    Apply to