Better organise your Microsoft Word document for friendly reading and printing by learning how to set Mirror margins. Your colleagues and users will thank you for going through the extra step to ensure that information is preserved properly. To get started with setting mirror margins in Microsoft Word, you will need to perform these 5 steps:
1. Facing Pages
Facing page layouts are usually used for double-sided documents like books or magazines. To be able to use facing pages, it is always recommended to use the mirror margins. To begin with doing so, look for the page layout tab. You will then be able to choose Margins, this will also enable you to pick the Mirrored option. This will automatically insert mirrored margins into your documents. If you need to tweak the margins even further, you may want to consider using custom margins.
2. Customised Margins
Depending on what you need, you may need to begin tweaking the margin widths for printing and structure. To do so, you will need to use customised margins. You can access the function by looking for the page layout and selecting margins again. This time, choose custom margins. You will then be able to enter numbers (based on inches) for your outside margins.
3. Set Page Numbers
To set page numbers for your mirrored margins, double click on the footer area of your right hand page. The header and footer tab should appear once you have done so. Choose the Design tab and select different odd and even pages. You can then click page numbers and allocate them to the bottom of the page. Choose new page number for footers and make use of the ruler tool to drag indent markers to their proper areas.
4. Bound Documents
Gutter margins work the best for documents that need extra space for binding. Make sure that your text will not be cut off due to the binding and choose page layout again. Using custom margins, enter the width in the gutter box and look for either left or top in the position box.,
5. Test Print
Make use of the print preview to see your page layout, but also do try to give a test print too to see if the final outcome matches the outcome you want on your screen. Take a look at your test print and decide if there are further things to adjust. Spot any errors, discrepancies, and make sure to fix it again before you decide to go ahead with printing in batches.
