Change page orientation to landscape or portrait

Applies To
Word for Microsoft 365 Word 2024 Word 2021 Word 2019 Word 2016

Change whole document to Landscape

  1. 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 select Page Setup dialog launcher Button image .
    Page Setup
  3. Select Landscape, and in the Apply to box, choose Selected text.
    Apply to