Margins are an essential aspect when working with Microsoft Word. It is thanks to them that we establish the way in which we want to adjust the document so that it is presented. For example, formatting a Word document with a binding margin.
Word has options that show different variants when choosing the type of margin, from those that are already predetermined by default to those that are more personalized (changing or adjusting the margins in a document is extremely simple).
Steps to format a Word document with a binding margin
There are also binding margins, useful for projects involving a book or newspaper. First, start Word and write any kind of text as filler, this will guide you to visualize the final result of the margins.
In the toolbar, locate the “Page Layout” option with your cursor. This action will display a range of options by clicking again on “Margins”, this action will show at a glance, a menu that describes the characteristics of the margins, first being the last personalized configuration in terms of measurements and layout.
At the bottom of the menu, hover over the “Custom Margins” option and access it with a click. In the box named “Page Setup”, you must write the new values you want to set for the document margins.
You can then designate a specific measurement for a new margin, the binding margin, which has its own box; however, you should keep in mind that any value you add to it will be added to the left margin when printing on only one side of the page.
Otherwise, when printing on both “sides” of the same sheet, the excess added to the binding margin will be added to the right margin as the final result.
To correct this discrepancy, it is essential to locate the “Pages” section in the same “Configure Pages” box and in the “Several pages” option, click on the drop-down bar, immediately changing from “Normal” to “Symmetrical margins” (this program is so customizable that you can even print a full-page image in Word without borders or margins).
To end…
At this point, formatting a Word document with a binding margin is almost complete. With symmetrical margins, the printing will be exact and you won’t have to worry about excess dimensions in the document.
Every small change made can take effect in the future (not just the ones that allow you to modify or change margins), as long as you save the process you just carried out. How to do it? Easy! If you read a little further down in the same “Configure page” box, you will find the “Set as default” button that with a click will be enough to activate.
Because Word is very cautious in every action you take, it will ask you if you really want to set that setting as the default from now on for future documents. To which clearly, you will press “Yes” with the cursor.
Check the binding margins by printing
The final step in determining if you’ve got a good setup is to schedule the document for printing. Remember that formatting a Word document with a binding margin causes the file to “b” to delimit a narrower printing area.
Make sure first that the margins are the ones you already set. Go to the print menu and just by clicking on the “Custom Margins” option, it will show all the previously formulated settings. Hit “print” and wait for results. If it is not what you expected, it is because the printer you use works based on factory-allocated margins and will not allow you to operate outside of them correctly.
In this peculiar case, the only variable is to examine the printer in the “Printer properties” option. Based on the model of it, correct what is strictly just to finish a good print (either print in black and white, or put narrower margins). Sure! If none of the above happens, it’s because… Congratulations! You have your document with custom margins successfully.
