How to align 2-sided printing in Word is symmetrical

When printing a 1-sided Word document, Word margins are very simple, when you just need to align it to the specified standard size. However, when we print a 2-sided Word document, we choose a pretty symmetrical alignment, then the margins of the even and odd pages in Word are symmetrical.

But not everyone knows how to align 2-sided printed page margins in Word. The symmetrical alignment operations when printing 2-sided Word are also simple, not too complicated. The following article will guide you how to align 2-sided printed pages in Word.

Guide to align the 2-sided printing symmetrical Word

Step 1:

We open the Word file to align and then click on the Layout tab . Continue to click on Margins , then choose Custom Margins… Or at the Layout tab, click the arrow icon in the lower right corner of Page Setup with Word 2010 and below.

Step 2:

At the interface of Page Setup window , at the Multiple pages interface, select Mirror margins . Next we align the margins in the Margins with the size:

1. Top (Top margin): 2.5 cm
2. Bottom: 2.5 cm
3. Inside: 3.5 cm
4. Outside: 1.5 cm

To convert to cm you follow the article Instructions on how to convert Inch to cm in Word 2007.

Step 3:

Click on the Paper tab , at Paper size we will choose the A4 paper size . Finally, click OK to save the margin settings for Word for 2-sided printing.

Step 4:

After finishing alignment, click View and then select Multiple Pages .

Then the margins in Word will be symmetrical as shown below.

Isabella Humphrey

Update 11 September 2020