You can make single pages in your Microsoft Word 2016 or 2013 document landscape. Just follow these steps.
- Place your cursor at the very beginning of the page that you would like to flip to landscape. (We work with page 2 in our example)
- Select “Page Layout” > “Breaks” > “Next Page” to create a section.
- Select the “Page Layout” tab and select “Orientation” > “Landscape“.
What this actually does is mark all pages after the break you made in step 2 as landscape. In our example, page 2, 3, 4 and forward are in landscape. Since we only want page 2 to display in landscape, we will need to change any forward pages back to portrait. - Place your cursor on at the beginning of the next page (page 3 in our example) or the next page you wish to remain in portrait.
- Select “Page Layout” > “Breaks” > “Next Page” just like in step 2 to create another section.
- Select “Page Layout” tab and select “Orientation” > “Portrait“. This will make the rest of the document display in portrait.
What this actually does is mark all pages after the break you made in step 2 as landscape. In our example, page 2, 3, 4 and forward are in landscape. Since we only want page 2 to display in landscape, we will need to change any forward pages back to portrait.
That’s all there is to it! You have successfully made a single page landscape in Microsoft Word 2016 & 2013.
Extra Tip: If you have a header on your first page and don’t want it to be on the landscape page, you can do this (after making the page landscape):
- Right click on the header on the landscape page and select “Edit Header”
- Click the “Link to Previous” button so that it is no longer highlighted.
- Delete the heading for that page. It should remain on page 1.
Mustafa Kohistani says
So simply explained, thank you
Bijayata says
Thanks a lot
Harneet Chana says
Very helpful!Thank you.
Rahmatullah says
Gr8 and Very helpful. thank u.
Sam says
Thank You A Lot!
ANIS says
very helpful. thank you :)
Steven says
Thanks for this! It worked perfectly and helped me out.
Fiona says
Worked perfectly, and written in language for non-technical people, which was great.
Mpumelelo says
very helpful:-)
NubianPrincess says
this did not work for a document with a table.
Connie Park says
I want to add page numbers in the correct location on the landscape pages. Used to be easy, but I work on a Mac and now have Office 2016. I manage to add the page number, but cannot seem to find the vertical page numbering.
Please help!
Paul Keighley says
Very Helpful. Regards Paul
Wez Nagwama says
Thanks! Not very intuitive.
Debashis says
This helped a lot ,Thanks
Philemon says
Thanks a lot. Very helpful.
ELVIS BRIAN HILBERO says
Great help!
Jan de Ruiter says
Your Extra Tip:’ If you have a header on your first page and don’t want it to be on the landscape page’
will also remove the header on all pages following the landscape page because the link with the first page is lost.
How to erase it only on the landscape page?
MARTIN BLUCK says
This helped a lot, thank you!