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Apply a different page orientation to a selection on-the-fly (97/2000/2001/2002)
Most documents you create are likely to use portrait page orientation. However, when your document contains an oversized item like a table, chart, or diagram that's wider than your document's portrait-oriented pages, you might want to print that item using landscape orientation instead. When you're working with drawing objects, you can often solve this problem by rotating the objects 90 degrees. However, if you're working with text, tables, embedded objects, and other types of graphic objects, rotating isn't always the best option, if it's an option at all. As an alternative, you can apply landscape orientation to a single item or selection without affecting the portrait orientation used in the rest of your document. Better yet, you can do it on-the-fly, without using the Break dialog box to insert section breaks! To do so, select the item(s) that you want to appear on a landscape-oriented page, and then choose File | Page Setup from the menu bar. Next, use the following procedures, according to the version you're using:
Word 97/2000/2002: In the Page Setup dialog box, click on the Paper Size tab (Margins tab in Word 2002), and then choose the Landscape option in the Orientation panel. Next, choose Selected Text from the Apply To dropdown list. Finally, click OK.
Word 2001: In the Page Setup dialog box, choose the Landscape icon in the Orientation panel, and then choose Microsoft Word from the main dropdown list. Next, choose Selected Text from the Apply Size And Orientation To dropdown list, and then click OK.
Word automatically inserts Next Page section breaks at the beginning and end of your selection and applies landscape orientation to the isolated section. When you print your document, your selection prints in landscape orientation, while the rest of your document prints in portrait orientation.
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