How to rotate the Word page

How to rotate a page in Word (version 2007 and later)

If you want to know how to rotate a page su Microsoft Word, the well-known word processing software included in the Office suite and available for Windows and macOS, what you have to do is carefully read the instructions that I will give you in the next paragraphs.


The procedure for rotating the pages in Word is practically identical in all editions of the program in which there is the “Ribbon” tabbed interface: starting from the 2007 version to the most recent one. Let's see immediately what it is.


Rotate all pages of a Word file

How to rotate the Word page

While you've probably already figured out how, at the beginning of this tutorial I want to show you how to rotate all pages of a Word file. To rotate all pages of a Word document, select the tab layout (o Layout of page) of the program (top left), click on the button Orientation and select the item Horizontal o Vertical give the menu check if you press.

Mission accomplished! Now the pages of the document have rotated to the desired position and you can save the changes made to the file by clicking on the icon floppy disk which is located at the top left.

Rotate a series of pages in Word

How to rotate the Word page

Now let's see how to rotate only some pages in word leaving the others in their original position. If you want to rotate a series of pages found at the bottom of the document (e.g. from page 20 onwards, from page 30 onwards, from page 40 onwards), click on the first page you want to rotate, select the tab layout (o Layout on the pagina) of Word and click on square located next to the item Set page (top left).



In the window that opens, choose the orientation you want to use for the pages of the document (vertical o horizontal), set the option From this point on in the drop-down menu located at the bottom left and click on the button OK per salvare i Cambiomenti.

Would you like to rotate a series of pages in the center of the document leaving the previous and subsequent pages "intact"? You can do this too, just take advantage of the section breaks function.

To be precise, the first step you need to take is to position yourself at the bottom of the page preceding the ones you want to rotate and select the items Breaks> Next Page from the card layout (o Layout on the pagina) of Word. Then go to the bottom of the last page you intend to rotate and repeat the same operation, then select the tab layout (o Layout on the pagina) of Word and click on Breaks> Next Page .

When the operation is complete, go back to any of the pages to be rotated and use the button as normal Orientation to rotate pages horizontally or vertically leaving the others in their original position. The method that I have indicated to you in the previous paragraphs is the most suitable if your intent is that of rotate only one page of Word.

Rotate a page in Word

How to rotate the Word page

Finally, let's see how to rotate a single page of Word without changing the position of the other sheets that make up the document. To do this, select the text contained in the page to rotate, go to the tab layout (o Layout on the pagina) of Word and click on square located next to the item Set page (top left).



In the window that opens, choose whether to orient the page in vertical o horizontal, set the option Selected text in the drop-down menu at the bottom left and click on the button OK per salvare i Cambiomenti.

How to rotate pages in Word 2003

How to rotate the Word page


rotate the Word page in Office 2003 you have to follow a slightly different process. To rotate all the pages of the document you have to go to the menu File> Page Setup, then you have to click on the button Vertical o Horizontal in the window that opens (depending on the orientation you want to give to the document sheets) and you must confirm your choice by clicking on the button OK.

To insert section breaks and rotate only one page at a time, you need to go to the menu instead Insert> Break and put the check mark next to the item Next page (in the window that opens). The rest of the process is identical to what we just saw together for Office 2007 and later.

How to rotate pages in Word Online

How to rotate the Word page

If you are using the online version of Word (Word Online), you should know that you can rotate the pages of a document using the appropriate feature available.

First, after opening a document already in the cloud or after creating one, click on the tab layout at the top and then press the button Orientation. At this point, from the options that are shown to you, choose Horizontal or Vertical, depending on how you want to arrange the sheet.


How to rotate pages in Word from smartphones and tablets

How to rotate the Word page

Word is also available for tablets and smartphones (on Android, including devices without Play Store and iOS / PadOS) and also on these devices it allows you to easily rotate document pages.

If you use Word on the tablet, you can rotate document pages following the same procedure we saw earlier for the desktop version of the program. You must then go to the tab layout application, press the button Orientation and choose Vertical o Horizontal give the menu check if you press.

If you use Word on a iPhone or one Android smartphone, you can find the layout settings in the toolbar at the bottom. To access it, select a page of the document, "tap" the button (...) che si trova in basso a destra e seleciona la voce layout from the drop-down menu that appears at the bottom left.

Next, select the item related to theorientation of pages, choose horizontal o vertical from the menu that opens and that's it.

How to rotate the Word page

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