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Page layout

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

nounCommon term

In office & administration, page layout means: The way text, images, margins, and spacing are arranged on a printed or digital page.

In Turkish: sayfa düzeni

How it is used

Used in word processors, design tools, and report preparation. Often discussed when adjusting margins, orientation, headers, columns, or print appearance.

Example sentences

  1. The charts looked crowded, so I changed the page layout to landscape to give them more horizontal space.

    Here page layout means the visual arrangement settings of the document, especially orientation and spacing for printed readability.

  2. Before sending the brochure to print, check the page layout to make sure the logo and footer stay in the right place.

    In this example, the term refers to positioning elements consistently so the printed document appears correct and professional.

Common collocations

  • page layout settings
  • change the page layout
  • page layout view
  • page layout options
  • templateA ready-made file with a fixed layout and standard text, used as a starting point so that similar documents look the same and take less time.
  • printerA machine connected to a computer or network that puts text and images from digital files onto paper.

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