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Changing margins

Changing margins

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Changing margins

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- [Instructor] Picture this. You just updated your resume to apply for a new job. All the details look great, except there's one problem. Your resume's spread over two pages and the job application asks for one page max. By adjusting the margins, you can keep everything on the same page without deleting anything important. In this lesson, I'll show you how to use margins to fit the content you want in the space you need. To get started, download the sample resume available in the Exercise Files. The first thing you need to do is open the resume. Since this is such an important document, make sure to review it closely to make sure it has all the necessary information. This layout looks good, but there's a little bit of text running onto the second page. So to keep everything on one page without deleting anything, you want to customize your margins. I'll show you how by going up to the ribbon and selecting Layout. This…

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