Note that if you have selected mirror margins book fold or 2 pages per sheet you cannot change the gutter settings.
Gutter position in word document.
The gutter margin is a typographical term used to designate an additional margin added to a page layout to compensate for the part of the paper made unusable by the binding process.
Mirror margins for facing pages.
In a facing pages layout word refers to this type of layout as mirror margins the gutter margin is on the very inside of both pages.
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Gutter margins for binding.
Word will include one automatically.
The gutter of a bound document such as a book is the area where the page disappears into the binding.
It is an a4 landscape orientated page printed both sides flip on short edge.
If you have previously set your document to the mirror margins book fold or two pages per sheet layout options word will automatically set the gutter margins to a position that matches the chosen layout.
A gutter margin adds extra space to the side top margin or inside margins of a document you plan to bind.
In the page setup dialog box change the gutter to zero.
On the page layout tab in the page setup group click margins.
That helps ensure that text isn t obscured by the binding.
The gutter will thus be set for the left hand side of every page.
Set gutter position to left.
In the gutter box enter a width for the gutter margin.
Word typically allows you to choose whether to position the gutter margin of your document at the top or left of the page.
Click layout margins custom margins.
If you specify a gutter measurement in the page setupdialog this amount will be applied to the margin on note that you have a choice of leftand top.
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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.
To set the gutter margin.
But then there is not enough space for binding on the inside of the document but rather the extra space is on the outside of it.
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