1. Go to the title page.
2. In the Layout tab > Page Setup group (far left), select the dialog box launcher (the arrow pointing diagonally down-right in the bottom right corner). The Page Setup dialog box pops up.
   

   The Page Setup dialog box

3. In the margin tab, the margins are usually either 2,54 cm (the default Microsoft inch), or the values set by the author. Change them to the margins required by the style guide.
4. In the Paper tab, set the page size to A4 for SA and UK documents.
5. In the Layout tab, tick ‘Different first page’. I set the Header to 1 cm and the footer to 0,7 cm.
6. Click on the OK button (or press Enter)

Go to ‘Formatting tips’
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Next – Set the theme font

(This information originally appeared in a PEGblog post: Formatting before Editing 1: Introduction)
Published 28 April 2025
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