Adjusting Left and Right Margins Using the Ruler and Page Settings

Open your document in the QuoteCloud editor and locate the horizontal ruler at the top of the page. On the ruler, click and drag the left or right margin marker (the shaded edge or small triangle/handle) inward or outward to expand or reduce the available page width.

The editor applies the change immediately so you can see content reflow in real time. Use the ruler for quick visual tweaks when you want immediate feedback.

Open the Page Settings (sometimes labelled Page Setup) dialog in the document editor and enter exact numeric values for the left and right margins using the units shown (for example, inches or millimeters). Page Settings is the recommended method when you need exact measurements.

If you want to reuse those exact margins later, save the document as a template or update your template/default settings so new documents start with the same values.

The ruler is fast and visual: drag the margin handles to see instant layout changes and judge spacing by eye. Page Settings is for precision: enter numeric values for reproducible margins and consistent results across documents or templates.

Use the ruler for quick layout adjustments and Page Settings when you need exact measurements, consistent formatting, or when preparing templates for repeated use.

Changing the left or right margins changes the document body width and will usually cause text and inline content to reflow. Headers and footers that inherit document margins will align with the updated margins as well.

Elements with fixed positions, absolute anchoring, or fixed-width tables and images may not automatically resize and might require manual adjustment. If you need headers or footers to remain unchanged, open their settings and explicitly set their margins or spacing independent of the document body.

Yes. To apply different margins to a single section, insert a section break where needed and then open Page Settings for that section. Many editors allow you to choose whether the Page Settings change applies to the current section only or the entire document.

To apply margins only to new pages or all future documents, save the margin configuration in a template or update your document defaults so new documents inherit those settings.

Images and tables may be set with fixed widths, absolute positioning, or specific wrapping/anchoring that prevents automatic resizing. Tables with fixed column widths and images anchored with absolute placement will not reflow like body text.

To make them responsive to margin changes, switch tables and images to automatic or percentage-based widths, remove absolute positioning if possible, or manually adjust their properties after changing margins.

Create or update a template that uses your preferred Page Settings and save it as the default template for new documents. When you start a new document from that template, it will inherit the saved margin values.

If your account or workspace provides global document defaults, set the margins there so every new document uses the same layout without manual changes.

If you need a standard starting point, many documents use 1 inch (25.4 mm) margins as a common default. To check or restore margins quickly, open Page Settings and type the numeric values you want, or use the ruler and then confirm the exact numbers in Page Settings.

Always preview or export a PDF to verify how margins and content appear on the final page, and use Undo if a visual tweak with the ruler doesn’t produce the expected result.