In the page setup group click the small arrow at the bottom right.
Gutter setthing microsoft word.
Choose page setup from the file menu.
In addition to normal page margins you may have noticed settings for something called gutter margins when you switch gutter margins on word adds extra space to your document s existing margins to allow for the document s binding.
Set the gutter size for a document like a business report or research paper that will print on.
In the margins group you re able to set the margins of the page.
Word displays the page setup dialog box.
Go to layout margins.
A gutter margin adds extra space to the side margin top margin or inside margins of a document that you plan to bind.
Microsoft word offers several options for setting the margins of the document you are editing.
Add a gutter margin for bound documents.
Mirror margins for facing pages.
See figure 1 using the gutter control indicate how wide you want the gutter margin to be.
The gutter size depends on the book or report size and the type of binding the printer will use.
A gutter margin helps ensure that text isn t obscured by the binding.
Once you re in word head over to the layout tab.
To set the gutter margin.
A gutter margin adds extra space to the side margin top margin or inside margins of a document that you plan to bind to help ensure that text isn t obscured by binding.
On the page layout tab in the page setup group click margins.
Gutter margins for binding.
This opens the page setup window where you will automatically be on the margin tab.