Set the gutter location for right-to-left documents

The feature or some of the options described in this Help topic are only available if support for right-to-left (right-to-left: Refers to keyboard settings, document views, user interface objects, and the direction in which text is displayed. Arabic and Hebrew are right-to-left languages.) languages is enabled through Microsoft Office Language Settings.

  1. On the File menu, click Page Setup, and then click the Margins tab.
  2. In the Gutter position list, click Right.

The gutters of odd-numbered pages will appear on the right, and the gutters of even-numbered pages will appear on the left. (This is in contrast to left-to-right (left-to-right: Refers to keyboard settings, document views, user interface objects, and the direction in which text is displayed. English and most other European languages are left-to-right languages.) documents, in which the gutters of odd-numbered pages are always on the left, and the gutters of even-numbered pages are always on the right.)

 Note   The margin settings change when you select right-to-left gutters. If you are starting with a document with right-to-left gutters, the change will not be noticeable. But, when you select right-to-left gutters for a current left-to-right document, the margin values are switched — for example, when you select right-to-left gutters for a current left-to-right document with a 1-inch left margin and a 2-inch right margin, the left margin changes to 2 inches and the right margin to 1 inch.

 
 
Applies to:
Word 2003