CREATING A LANDSCAPE PAGE FOR FIGURES/TABLES AND
POSITIONING PAGE NUMBERS IN PORTRAIT POSITION
(MS WORD 2007)
Insert All Page Numbers
1. Number pages in upper right corner—Under “Insert” menu choose “Page Numbers” option. Position page
numbers at the top of the page, alignment is right.
Orient Figure/Table into Landscape Position
1. Isolate the landscape figure/table by creating section breaks before and after it. In the “Page Layout” group,
under the “Breaks” menu, click on “Next Page” to create the section breaks.
2. You may have to delete blank pages or lines that have been added above and/ or below the figure.
3. Go to the page containing the figure/table to be changed to landscape position. Double click on the page
number to open the header and footer toolbar.
4. Turn the “Same as Previous” option off. To do this, click on the “Link to Previous” toggle button on the
toolbar. This should be done for header and footer separately. You will know when “Same as Previous” is
turned off when these words no longer appear around the dotted line in the header and footer space.
5. Repeat step 3 for the following portrait page as well.
6. Now, position the cursor on the figure/table. In the “Page Layout” group, under the “Orientation” menu,
click on “Landscape” to change the figure/table to landscape position. The rest of the pages remain in
portrait position.
Fix Page Numbering
1. Position the cursor on the landscape page. In the “Insert” group, under the “Page Number” option, click on
the “Format Page Numbers” option. Check the “Continue from previous section” option and click “OK”.
2. Repeat step 1 for the following portrait page as well.
Orient the Page Number on the Landscape Page into Portrait Position
1. Double click on the page number of the landscaped page and delete the page number.
2. In the “Insert” group, under the “Page Number” option, go to “Page Margins” and select “Large, Right”
from the “Plain Number” category.
3. Hover over the new page number created and click on it. A box appears which can be dragged to the
appropriate corner of the page, which would be the bottom right when viewing the document in MS Word.
(You will have to approximate where the page number should go. You can print the pages out to get a
better idea of whether they line up or not.)
4. Click on the page number. You can change the font of the page number to match with the page numbers in
the rest of the document.
5. In the “Format” group, click on the “Text Direction” option to rotate the page number to the desired
landscape position.