The Layout tab lets you modify page appearance, providing options to customize page margins, orientation, size, and text breaks.
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Margins – Adjusts the size of the empty space along the edges of the document from a set of predefined values. |
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Orientation – Switches between landscape (horizontal) and portrait (vertical) page orientation. |
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Size – Provides a selection of predefined page sizes that are useful when printing. |
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Columns – Shows various options for managing your columns, including setting the Width and Spacing of individual columns or the entire document, as well as their number and alignment (detailed below): |
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One – One entire column that covers the page. |
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Two – Two columns split evenly between the page. |
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Three – Three columns split evenly between the page. |
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Left – Two columns with a smaller left column. |
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Right – Two columns with a smaller right column. |
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Page Setup – Provides customizable page layout, orientation ( portrait or landscape), and margin options. You can adjust the page size for printing, including a large number of predefined page templates. Measurement units (inches, centimeters, points, etc.) can be set under the Settings option in the Contextual menu. |
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Section Breaks – Allows you to arrange text between pages and sections using breaks: |
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Page – Marks the point where one page ends, and another begins. |
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Continuous – Creates a new section of text on the same page. |
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Even Page – Creates a new text section that starts on the next even-numbered page. |
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Odd Page – Creates a new text section that starts on the next odd-numbered page. |
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Page Breaks – Provides additional text-breaking options, such as around images and in columns: |
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Page – Marks the point where one page ends and another begins. |
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Column – Creates a text section that starts at a new column. |
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Text Wrapping – Creates text around elements in the document, useful for image captions. |
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Page Color – Selects the background color of the page. |