How to Change the Print Orientation in Excel? A Complete Tutorial!!
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Published: 2021-01-22 03:50:41

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title: How to Change the Print Orientation in Excel? A Complete Tutorial!!
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 **Page Orientation** is the Direction in which a document is displayed or printed. The two basic types of Page Orientation are **Portrait(Vertical)**, and **Landscape(Horizontal)**. Before printing a document, you may be able to change the Page orientation. Here we will show **how to change the page orientation in Excel**. Let’s get started!! Get an official version of ** MS Excel**  from the following link: [https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/microsoft-365/excel](https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/microsoft-365/excel)
## Steps to set the Print Orientation:

Print Orientation will allow you properly print your work on the right size paper. Let’s follow the below methods to set up worksheets as portrait or landscape.

### Method 1:

- First, you need to select the **“[Page Layout](https://geekexcel.com/excel-shortcut-open-page-layout-tab-in-excel-office-365/)“** tab from the **“[Ribbon](https://geekexcel.com/use-and-customize-ribbon-commands-in-excel-office-365-quick-ways/)“**.

![Select Page Layout](https://eadn-wc04-371788.nxedge.io/cdn/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Select-Page-Layout.png)<figcaption id="caption-attachment-21319">Select Page Layout</figcaption>

- Here, you can see the **“Orientation”** option.

![Orientation option](https://eadn-wc04-371788.nxedge.io/cdn/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Drop-down-list-4.png)<figcaption id="caption-attachment-21321">Orientation option</figcaption>

- Select the orientation it will expand the drop-down list as shown below.

![Select Orientation](https://eadn-wc04-371788.nxedge.io/cdn/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Select-Orientation-1.png)<figcaption id="caption-attachment-21322">Select Orientation</figcaption>

- Here, you need to select **“Portrait”** or **“Landscape”** as per your wish.

### Method 2:

You can also adjust the print orientation from the [Print Preview](https://geekexcel.com/check-print-preview-in-excel/). Let’s follow the below steps.

- First, you need to select the **“File”** option from the **“[Ribbon](https://geekexcel.com/use-and-customize-ribbon-commands-in-excel-office-365-quick-ways/)“**.

![File Tab](https://eadn-wc04-371788.nxedge.io/cdn/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/File-tadb.png)<figcaption id="caption-attachment-21325">File Tab</figcaption>

- Here, you can see the **“Print”** option. Just click it to open the print window.

![Print Option](https://eadn-wc04-371788.nxedge.io/cdn/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Print-Option.png)<figcaption id="caption-attachment-21326">Print Option</figcaption>

- In the print window, you can see the **“Portrait Orientation”** option under the settings.

![Select Orientation Option](https://eadn-wc04-371788.nxedge.io/cdn/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Select-Orientation-Option.png)<figcaption id="caption-attachment-21327">Select Orientation Option</figcaption>

- Then select any one of the 2 options to set the print orientation.
      1. Portrait Orientation
      2. Landscape Orientation

![Drop-Down List](https://eadn-wc04-371788.nxedge.io/cdn/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Drop-Down-List-5.png)<figcaption id="caption-attachment-21328">Drop-Down List</figcaption>

- From the above two methods, you can easily change the print orientation set up in Excel.

## Conclusion:

Hope you understood how to change the **print orientation in Excel Office 365**. Make use of it. If you feel this article is helpful, then drop **feedback** in the below **comment** box. Thank you so much for visiting **[Geek Excel](https://geekexcel.com/)!!**

### Read Ahead:

- **[How to Print Selected Contents in Excel? A Complete Guide!!](https://geekexcel.com/how-to-print-selected-contents-excel/)**
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