Word: Create individual pages in landscape format

In Word, the page formats within a document can vary. This means that even a single page can be created in landscape format, while the others are still in portrait format. This function is useful if, for example, you want to insert a diagram that only fits in one of the two formats. How to adjust the individual pages.

Section breaks in Word help to create a single page in landscape format

If you want Word to have a portrait page followed by a landscape page, use a section break.

1. Place the cursor behind the last paragraph of your document, which should still be in portrait format.
2. Go to the menu bar and press the "Page layout" button.
3. There you will see the button "Breaks", which you click with the left mouse button.
4. Now go to the item "Next page". This inserts a section break in your document and the cursor moves to the beginning of the next page.
5. Finally, just select the landscape format under "Orientation".

These instructions refer to Microsoft Word 2010.