How to change Google Docs margins

Set the top, bottom, left and right margins of your pages in Page setup.

Operations

5 steps 2 min Community template

Open the File menu.

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Choose Page setup.

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Under Margins (inches) section, enter margins needed for top, bottom, left & right

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Apply the new margins.

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The text now sits the new distance from every edge of the page. Click Set as default in Page setup to use these margins for new documents.

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