Microsoft Word 2007

1. Select the pages or paragraphs that you want to change to portrait or landscape orientation.
2. On the Page Layout tab, in the Page Setup group, click Margins.
3. Click Custom Margins.
4. On the Margins tab, click Portrait or Landscape.
5. In the Apply to list, click Selected text.

But if your document contains something that is essentially horizontal, like tables with a lot of columns, you can change the orientation to landscape. Go to the PAGE LAYOUT tab, click Orientation, and Landscape. And the content in the document turns 90 degrees.

Use different orientations in the same document

1. Select the pages or paragraphs whose orientation you want to change.
2. Click PAGE LAYOUT > Page Setup dialog box launcher.
3. In the Page Setup box, under Orientation, click Portrait or Landscape.
4. Click the Apply to box, and click Selected text.

Change page orientation to landscape or portrait

1. Select the content that you want on a landscape page.
2. Go to Layout, and open the Page Setup dialog box.
3. Select Landscape, and in the Apply to box, choose Selected text.

In the Page Layout tab, from the Margins drop-down menu, select Custom Margins…. In the Page Setup window, click the Margins tab. Under “Orientation”, change the page orientation to the desired setting (Portrait or Landscape).

Click Page Layout tab

1. Click Page Layout tab.
2. Move to Page Setup group.
3. Click the little square with an arrow in the right bottom of the group.
4. The Page Setup window pops up.

To change text orientation, follow these steps:

1. Select the AutoShape, text box, or table cell that contains the text whose orientation you want to change.
2. Choose the Text Direction option from the Format menu. Word displays the Text Direction dialog box.
3. Choose an orientation from those offered.
4. Click on OK.

The default orientation is portrait; it can be changed to landscape by following these steps; Select the Page Layout tab. Locate the Page Setup group. In Page Setup group click the Orientation command.