No matter how you want to adjust the margins, Google Docs will let you fiddle to the point where you’re content. Here are our step-by-step instructions for changing margins in Google Docs.

How to Set Document Margins in Google Docs

  1. Click File.
  2. Select Page setup.
  3. Change the margins.
  4. Click OK. Click Set as default if you want future documents to have these margins. You’ve changed margins in Google Docs.

How to Change Paragraph Margins in Google Docs

While you’re editing a paragraph, you can set specific left and right margins for that specific amount of text.

  1. Click and drag the left downward pointing triangle in the ruler. This will change the left margin for that paragraph.
  2. Click and drag the right downward pointing triangle in the ruler. This will change the right margin for that paragraph.

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