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When I open Word 2010 the page orientation is landscape and does not respond to instruction to change to portrait

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2013-01-25T02:31:15+00:00

I am attempting to create a word document in Word 2010.  When I open Word that is a blank document displayed in landscape form.  When I go to Page Layout and give the instruction to change to portrait the change is not made.  When I attempt to create a new page in portriat the page shows in landscape and won't change.  When I exit Word and wait a minute and re-enter Word the blank page in landscape still shows.  When I give the close command the computer asks the save don't save cancel question and I click don't save the blank page closes.  When exit Word, logoff and shutdown and stay shutdown for about a minute then restart the computer, go to Word 2010 that blank horizontal white page is back and won't change to portriat.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-02-11T10:18:22+00:00

    Hi doelro,

    Just sorted same problem for myself.

    Hit 'Page Layout' Tab

    Hit 'Margins' button and select 'Custom Margins'

    It will bring you into old good 'Page Setup' dialog box

    In 'Margins' tab find Orientation and select desired mode: Portrait or Landscape

    Now hit Set As Default

    Hit Yes for next popup box (This change will affect all new documents based on the NORMAL template)

    And hit OK

    Now re-open Word and voilà

    Cheers,

    Vad

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  1. Suzanne S Barnhill 277.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2013-01-25T05:08:14+00:00

    On the Paper tab of Page Setup, what are the dimensions for height and width? Perhaps they are reversed.

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  1. Suzanne S Barnhill 277.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2013-02-11T15:32:21+00:00

    This is good information but not an answer to the question, which stated that "When I go to Page Layout and give the instruction to change to portrait the change is not made. When I attempt to create a new page in portriat the page shows in landscape and won't change."

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-03-17T01:37:51+00:00

    Hi Suzanne,

    It's happened again - when I open Word 2010, new blank document is in landscape even though it says it's portrait.  I have gone through all of the above steps - page setup, height and width etc. - all are correct for portrait, but I still have landscape.  Have opened and closed Word, restarted computer, but to no avail.  This is totally frustrating and annoying as I have work to do and can't proceed!

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-11-17T06:24:05+00:00

    Vad,

    Thank you very much for these directions -- they worked beautifully for me! 

    LenoraH.

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