You are working on a document that contains several pages of text. You have a few tables that you need to include and you would like to set them up with a landscape orientation to accommodate the number of columns you need to display the information. You can easily accomplish this by using section breaks. The trick to this is to place a section break before and after the portion of your document that you want a different orientation. Here is how:

• Type your document to the point where you want to insert the table with the landscape orientation
• Select Break from the Insert menu
• Select Next Page from the Section area of the Break dialog box
• Click on OK
• Place your insertion point at the top of the new page created below the section break
• Select Page Setup from the File menu
• Click on the Paper Size tab
• Click on Landscape in the Orientation section of the dialog box
• Select This Section from the Apply to: field drop down
• Click on OK
• The page will change to a Landscape orientation
• Insert your table and complete it as you need

You can continue to add landscaped pages in this section as needed. When you want to return to a Portrait orientation, you will insert a new section break and change the orientation to Portrait as follows:

• Place your insertion point at the bottom of the section with the landscape orientation
• Choose Break from the Insert menu
• Select Next Page from the Section area of the Break dialog box
• Click on OK
• Place your insertion point at the top of the new page created below the section break
• Select Page Set-up from the File menu
• Click on the Paper Size tab
• Click on Portrait in the Orientation section of the dialog box
• Select This Section from the Apply to: field drop down
• Click on OK
• The new page will change to a Portrait orientation
• Complete your document as needed

Working with an Existing File
• Place your insertion at the top of the page where you want to change the orientation
• Select Break from the Insert Menu
• Select Next Page from the Section area of the Break dialog box
• Click on OK
• Place your insertion point where you want to end the Landscape orientation
• Select Break from the Insert Menu
• Select Next Page from the Section area of the Break dialog box
• Return your insertion point to the top of the page where you want to change the orientation
• Select Page Set-up from the File menu
• Select the Paper Size tab
• Click on Landscape in the Orientation section of the dialog box
• Select This Section from the Apply to: field drop down
• Click on OK

You may need to adjust the page breaks in the section where the landscape orientation has been applied to assure a good flow of information.

You can use the same technique to change one or more pages to a column style. Experiment with sections and learn to use them to get the results you are looking to achieve.

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