How to Make Just One Page Landscape in Word

Working with Microsoft Word is usually typical behavior if you’re a Windows OS user. You’ve probably noticed that the page orientation automatically gets set to portrait when opening a new document. The format works well for text, but landscape mode is often better if you need to add images or graphs.

Fortunately, text formatting in Microsoft Word isn’t particularly complicated. However, changing the default layout on individual pages requires a few extra steps. This article shows you how to make just one page in Word appear in landscape mode.

How to Make a One Page Appear in Landscape Mode in Word 2010

When Microsoft released Office 2010 (an updated version of Office 2007), it met with glowing reviews. Users were delighted with the improvements made to MS Word. The most welcomed change was reintroducing the “File” menu, i.e., the Backstage view, a central location for managing your files (saving, opening, printing, selecting layouts, etc.).

Previous versions also had a few editing issues, resolved with the 2010 upgrade. The new features offered a better understanding of the formatting tools. Specific layout problems also got addressed for the first time, such as using ligatures—the joining of two letters (i.e., æ).

Regarding page orientation, the portrait layout is more elongated and well-suited for text files. However, if you plan on incorporating graphs, columns, or large images, you should switch to landscape. That way, your pages appear wider and can accommodate large-sized files.

Naturally, you can go back and forth between the two orientations. You can use portrait mode for most pages if you don’t have too many additions to your text. Those that contain insertions require landscape, though. Here’s how to change one page to landscape in Word 2010 using “Section Breaks.”

1. Click on your Word document to open it.
   
2. Go to the top of your page that you want to switch to landscape. For instance, to change the layout on “page 4,” scroll to its beginning and click there.
   
3. Then, select the “Page Layout” tab on the ribbon menu and click “Breaks.”
   
4. Choose “Next Page” from the dropdown menu.
   
5. Open “Page Layout” and go to “Orientation,” then select “Landscape.”
   
6. Reopen the “Home” tab to turn on paragraph marks. Click on “Show/Hide Paragraph Marks,” i.e., the “¶” symbol. That gives you an overview of the section break you’ve created.
   
7. Next, you have to create another section break. Scroll to the beginning of the following page. In this case, it’s “page 5.”
   
8. Repeat “steps 3-4” to create a new section break. Then, open the “Orientation” tab again, but this time, select “Portrait.”
   

Once finished, everything located between the section breaks uses the landscape layout. Don’t forget to change the orientation to portrait after the second section break. Otherwise, the following page will also be landscape.

How to Make a One Page Appear in Landscape Mode in Word 2016

Microsoft Office 2016 is the last version that supports older Windows operating systems, like Windows 7 and 8. This compatibility includes earlier editions of MS Office, specifically 2003, 2007, and 2010. Much like its predecessors, it introduced several upgrades to Office products.

Many upgrades were made specifically for the new MS Word. Apart from the updated interface, users applauded the new collaboration features that Microsoft Word 2016 integrated, including online storage platforms such as OneDrive. Furthermore, Microsoft added a new search tool for locating specific commands.

As far as changing page orientation is concerned, nothing’s changed in Word 2016. Just repeat the method from the 2010 installment. Using the “Section Break” feature under the “Page Layout” tab, you can make a single-page landscape.

However, if you want to avoid manually adding section breaks to your document, there’s another way.

How to Set One Page to Landscape Mode in Word 2016 using “Page Setup.”

1. Highlight the content you want to appear in landscape mode.
   
2. Click on the “Layout” tab on the ribbon menu at the top.
   
3. Now, go to the “Page Setup” section, the little arrow icon in the downward-right corner.
   
4. Then, under the “Orientation” section, click on the box that says “Landscape.”
   
5. At the bottom of the section, click on the “Apply to” dropdown menu, then choose “Selected text,” and confirm by clicking on “OK.”
   

The highlighted part of your document will appear on a new/different page with landscape orientation. This method is slightly easier than implementing section breaks because you don’t have to manually add them to your doc like Word/Office 2010. Microsoft Word does it for you.

How to Make One Page Appear in Landscape Mode in Word 2019

1. Highlight all content on the page(s) you want to appear in landscape form.
   
2. Select the “Layout” tab. In the “Page Setup” section, click on the “expand” icon or select “Margins” followed by “Custom Margins.”
   
3. In the “Page Setup” menu, go to the “Orientation” section and select “Landscape.” Do not click on “OK” yet.
   
4. In the “Apply to:” section, click the “dropdown” icon, then choose “Selected text.”
   
5. Now, you can select “OK.”
   
6. Your previously selected page(s) should now appear in landscape form.
   

If you’re wondering how to set one page to landscape mode in Word 2019, nothing’s different than previous Word versions. You can use the same two methods from the 2016 and 2010 releases, meaning you can add section breaks yourself or let the program do it for you via “Page Setup.”

If you’re wondering whether the process is different for MAC laptops, it’s not. Since its initial release in 1983, MS Word has become available on many other platforms. Almost every text-formatting feature is available to Apple.

Concerning page orientation, the process is the same for macOS and Windows.

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In closing, Microsoft Word is considered one of the most popular word processors globally. MS Word works with various platforms, primarily because of its user-friendly interface and nifty features. Making one or more pages appear in landscape form is easy, especially with Word 2016 and newer versions that automatically add the page.