How to Set the Custom Margins in Excel Office 365? Simple Tutorial!!
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Published: 2021-01-22 12:06:12

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title: How to Set the Custom Margins in Excel Office 365? Simple Tutorial!!
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In this tutorial, we will guide you to **set up the custom margins in Excel Office 365**. Let’s step into this article!! 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)

## What is Margin?

**Margins** are the **empty spaces**  between the worksheet data and the left, right, top, and bottom edges of the printed page.

If the margin is too large then the contact might expand to extra pages. Likewise, the margin is too small means the final print result might not look great. So, before printing the worksheet, you need to set up the print margins to get the layout contents properly.

## Steps to set up the custom margins in Excel:

You can easily set up the margins in Excel by following two methods.

### 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 **“Margins”** option.

![Select Margins](https://eadn-wc04-371788.nxedge.io/cdn/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Select-Margins.png)<figcaption id="caption-attachment-21367">Select Margins</figcaption>

- You need to select the margins, it will expand the **drop-down list** as per the below image.

![Margin Options](https://eadn-wc04-371788.nxedge.io/cdn/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/dropdown-list1.png)<figcaption id="caption-attachment-21368">Margin Options</figcaption>

- From these options, you can select the margin as per your content or use the **“Custom Margins”** at the bottom to set up a new margin.

### Method 2:

Now we are going to see how to adjust the print margins from the **[Print Preview](https://geekexcel.com/check-print-preview-in-excel/)**.

- 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 **“Normal Margins”** option under the settings.

![Select Normal Margins option](https://eadn-wc04-371788.nxedge.io/cdn/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Select-Normal-Margins-option.png)<figcaption id="caption-attachment-21370">Select Normal Margins option</figcaption>

- Click the option, it will expand the **drop-down** list as shown below. Then select any one of the 3 options to set the print margin.

![Drop-down list](https://eadn-wc04-371788.nxedge.io/cdn/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Drop-down-list-6.png)<figcaption id="caption-attachment-21372">Drop-down list</figcaption>

- Otherwise, you can use the **“Custom Margins”** option to adjust your own margin setup as per your wish.

## Conclusion:

Here we have described the step-by-step procedure to **set the custom margins in Excel**. Hope you like this article. If you have any **questions** , feel free to share them with us. We will assist you. Thank you so much for visiting **[Geek Excel](https://geekexcel.com/)!!**

### Read Also:

- **[How to Print Selected Contents in Excel? A Complete Guide!!](https://geekexcel.com/how-to-print-selected-contents-excel/)**
- **[How to Print Multiple Copies in Excel Office 365 ~ Complete Guide!!](https://geekexcel.com/how-print-multiple-copies-in-excel/)**