Color schemes are applied to the whole document. In the Document Editor, you can quickly change the appearance of your document because they define the Theme Colors palette for different document elements (font, background, tables, autoshapes, charts). If you applied some Theme Colors to the document elements and then select a different Color Scheme, the applied colors in your document will change correspondingly.
-To change a color scheme, click the downward arrow next to the Color Scheme icon on the Layout tab of the top toolbar and select the required color scheme from the list: New Office, Office, Grayscale, Apex, Aspect, Civic, Concourse, Equity, Flow, Foundry, Median, Metro, Module, Odulent, Oriel, Origin, Paper, Solstice, Technic, Trek, Urban, Verve. The selected color scheme will be highlighted in the list.
+To change a color scheme, click the downward arrow next to the Color Scheme icon on the Layout tab of the top toolbar and select the required color scheme from the list: Aspect, Blue Green, Blue II, Blue Warm, Blue, Grayscale, Green Yellow, Green, Marquee, Median, Office 2007-2010, Office 2013-2022, Office, Orange Red, Orange, Paper, Red Orange, Red Violet, Red, Slipstream, Violet II, Violet, Yellow Orange, Yellow. The selected color scheme will be highlighted in the list.
Once you select the preferred color scheme, you can select other colors in the color palettes window that corresponds to the document element you want to apply the color to. For most document elements, the color palettes window can be accessed by clicking the colored box on the right sidebar when the required element is selected. For the font, this window can be opened using the downward arrow next to the Font color icon on the Home tab of the top toolbar. The following palettes are available:
To change page layout in the Document Editor, i.e. set page orientation and size, adjust margins and insert columns, use the corresponding icons on the Layout tab of the top toolbar.
Note: all these parameters are applied to the entire document. If you need to set different page margins, orientation, size, or column number for the separate parts of your document, please refer to this page.
Change the current orientation by type clicking the Orientation icon. The default orientation type is Portrait that can be switched to Album.
+Change the current orientation by type clicking the Orientation icon. The default orientation type is Portrait that can be switched to Album.
Change the default A4 format by clicking the Size icon and selecting the required format from the list. The following preset sizes are available:
+Change the default A4 format by clicking the Size icon and selecting the required format from the list. The following preset sizes are available:
You can also set a special page size by selecting the Custom Page Size option from the list. The Page Size window will open where you'll be able to select the required Preset (US Letter, US Legal, A4, A5, B5, Envelope #10, Envelope DL, Tabloid, AЗ, Tabloid Oversize, ROC 16K, Envelope Choukei 3, Super B/A3, A0, A1, A2, A6) or set custom Width and Height values. Enter new values into the entry fields or adjust the existing values using the arrow buttons. When you finish, click OK to apply the changes.
Change the default margins, i.e. the blank space between the left, right, top and bottom page edges and the paragraph text, by clicking the Margins icon and selecting one of the available presets: Normal, US Normal, Narrow, Moderate, Wide. You can also use the Custom Margins option to set your own values in the Margins window. Enter the required Top, Bottom, Left and Right page margin values into the entry fields or adjust the existing values using arrow buttons.
+Change the default margins, i.e. the blank space between the left, right, top and bottom page edges and the paragraph text, by clicking the Margins icon and selecting one of the available presets: Normal, US Normal, Narrow, Moderate, Wide. You can also use the Custom Margins option to set your own values in the Margins window. Enter the required Top, Bottom, Left and Right page margin values into the entry fields or adjust the existing values using arrow buttons.
Gutter position is used to set up additional space on the left side of the document or at its top. The Gutter option is helpful to make sure that bookbinding does not cover the text. In the Margins enter the required gutter position into the entry fields and choose where it should be placed in.
Note: the Gutter position cannot be used when the Mirror margins option is checked.
In the Multiple pages drop-down menu, choose the Mirror margins option to set up facing pages for double-sided documents. With this option checked, Left and Right margins turn into Inside and Outside margins respectively.
In Orientation drop-down menu choose from Portrait and Landscape options.
All applied changes to the document will be displayed in the Preview window.
-When you finish, click OK. The custom margins will be applied to the current document and the Last Custom option with the specified parameters will appear in the Margins list so that you will be able to apply them to other documents.
+When you finish, click OK. The custom margins will be applied to the current document and the Last Custom option with the specified parameters will appear in the Margins list so that you will be able to apply them to other documents.
You can also change the margins manually by dragging the border between the grey and white areas on the rulers (the grey areas of the rulers indicate page margins):
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Change the page color on the Layout tab using the Page Color button. Choose one of the Theme or Standard colors, or click the More colors menu item to create a custom color.
Apply a multi-column layout by clicking the Columns icon and selecting the necessary column type from the drop-down list. The following options are available:
+Apply a multi-column layout by clicking the Columns icon and selecting the necessary column type from the drop-down list. The following options are available:
If you want to adjust column settings, select the Custom Columns option from the list. The Columns window will appear, and you'll be able to set the required Number of columns, column Width and Spacing. Enter your new values into the entry fields or adjust the existing values using arrow buttons. Check the Equal column width checkbox to make all column width the same. Check the Column divider box to add a vertical line between the columns. When you finish, click OK to apply the changes.
To exactly specify where a new column should start, place the cursor before the text that you want to move to the new column, click the Breaks icon on the top toolbar and then select the Insert Column Break option. The text will be moved to the next column.
-The inserted column breaks are indicated in your document with a dotted line: . If you do not see the inserted column breaks, click the icon at the Home tab on the top toolbar to make them visible. To remove a column break select it with the mouse and press the Delete key.
+To exactly specify where a new column should start, place the cursor before the text that you want to move to the new column, click the Breaks icon on the top toolbar and then select the Insert Column Break option. The text will be moved to the next column.
+The inserted column breaks are indicated in your document with a dotted line: . If you do not see the inserted column breaks, click the icon at the Home tab on the top toolbar to make them visible. To remove a column break select it with the mouse and press the Delete key.
To manually change the column width and spacing, you can use the horizontal ruler.
- -To cancel columns and return to a regular single-column layout, click the Columns icon on the top toolbar and select the One option from the list.
+ +To cancel columns and return to a regular single-column layout, click the Columns icon on the top toolbar and select the One option from the list.