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title: "Setting page size and orientation"
description: "Create templates that combine multiple page sizes and orientations, including custom dimensions, within a single generated document."
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last_reviewed: 2026-06-12
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# Setting page size and orientation

See how to combine different page sizes and orientations in a template. These can also be custom page sizes, used for mailing labels, tickets, packaging details, and so on.
Docmosis uses the template's page setups, when generating a document.

## Microsoft Word

In MS Word, use the buttons on the **Layout** ribbon tab to change page layouts, and to insert section breaks.

### Setting page size/orientation

To change a page's orientation, click **Orientation** on the **Layout** ribbon tab, then select **Portrait** or **Landscape**.
To change a page's size, click **Size**on the **Layout** ribbon tab, and select a predefined size from the drop-down menu.

 To create a custom page size, select **More Paper Sizes** from the **Size** drop-down menu.

This opens the **Page Setup** window.

1. In the **Page Setup** window, select the **Paper** tab, then choose **Custom size**.
2. Select paper dimensions in the **Width** and **Height** boxes, then click **OK**.

To change margins, orientation, layout, and other page setups, use the options on the **Margins** and **Layout** tabs of the **Page Setup** window.

### Setting next page size/orientation

To change the page setup for the next page, first insert a next page section break on the current page.
Select **Breaks**, then select **Next Page** under **Section Breaks**.

A section break appears. (Tip: select paragraph marks ¶ on the **Home** ribbon tab to view this.)

On the new page, set the new page size and orientation.
Note: To restore a page to the previous page's size and orientation, delete the section break between the two pages.

## LibreOffice

(Note: LibreOffice version 6.2.8.6 was used for this article.)
In LibreOffice, a page style must exist before it can be applied to a new page. 

### Creating page styles

To create a new page style:
Select **Styles** from the Sidebar Settings, then click on the Page Styles icon. 
This opens the **Page Styles** tab. All standard and custom page styles are listed here in alphabetical order, with the Default Style at the top of the list.

In the **Page** **Styles** tab, right-click and select **New**, to open the **Page Style** window. 

In the **Page Style** window, select the **Organizer** tab, type a **Name** for the new style.

In the **Page** tab, select a **Format**, then optionally change the **Orientation**, **Margins**, etc.

Click **Apply,** and then **OK** to save the new style.
The new style appears in the list of styles.

Note: To create a page style with a custom size, select "User" from the **Format** list, then select a custom **Width** and **Height**.

The new page style is saved with the *User* **Format.**

### Setting page size/orientation

To change the style of a page in the document:
Select the page, then open the **Page Styles** tab in the **Styles** panel. Choose a new style from the list, and double-click on it to apply to the selected page.

To insert a new page with a different style, first insert a manual break on the current page.
Select **Insert > More Breaks >  Manual Break**.

In the **Insert Break** box, select **Page** **break**, then choose the style for the new page, and click **OK.**

The two page styles are separated by a manual page break, as shown below:

Note: To restore a page to the previous page's size and orientation, delete the section break between the two pages.

## Setting page size and orientation - example template syntax

**Custom Page (6cm x 12cm)**

**A5 (Portrait)**

**US Letter (Portrait)**

**US Letter (Landscape)**

**A4 (Portrait)**

**A4 (Landscape)**

**A3 (Portrait)**