Guidelines Alignment in Word: Complete Guide

This article provides a clear overview of Guidelines Alignment in Word, with the main facts, useful context, and practical details organized for easy reading.

The following is an example of a text that is not aligned correctly:

Article Guidelines Properly Aligned in Word

Note: First you need to know about the standard alignment rules in a document:

Top (Top aligned): 20mm-25mm

Bottom (Bottom alignment): 20mm-25mm

Left: 30mm-35mm

Right: 15mm-20mm

Step 1: Select the Unit of Measurement to Align the Margins for the Text

-On the File tab, select Options

- The Word Options window appears, select Advanced, go to the Dislay section, switch Show measurements in units of from inches to Centimeters (because this is a standard measurement unit) -> OK

Step 2: Proceed to Align Text

- Select the Page Layout tab, select Margins and select Custom Margins.

- Page Setup window appears, we enter the parameters to align the text as shown:

And the result we get is:

In the tutorial above, I use Microsoft Word 2010 software you will do the same for Microsoft Word 2013. For Microsoft 2007, you do the same thing only in the first step instead of going to File and selecting Options then Click the Microsoft Office icon in the top left corner and select Word Options.