# Changing the page layout in Open Office

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-the-page-layout-in-open-office/719519>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 7, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-the-page-layout-in-open-office/719519 "2015-05-07T20:58:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-the-page-layout-in-open-office/719519/1 "2015-05-07T20:58:09Z")

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I’m using Open Office and viewing my document in a print layout. All the pages were arranged vertically, until I accidentally pressed some combination of keys with my elbow. Now the pages are arranged in sort of a square. Pages 2 and 3 are side by side, in a landscape format. What did I do, and how do I fix it? I went to the Styles and Formatting tab and set things to default, and I tried ctrl + V.

ETA: It suddenly fixed itself. But knowing what I pressed and how to fix it in the future would be helpful.

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**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-the-page-layout-in-open-office/719519/2 "2015-05-07T23:15:38Z")

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Does this

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> ) Next to the zoom slider in the status bar (bottom of the OOo window), there are switches to get a normal view, 2 pages view and 2 pages book view.

seem likely to be involved? From [here](https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=32913).

Else, Page Preview does the 2 pages side by side thing by default, looks like :

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> To use Page Preview:
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> 1. Click File \> Page Preview, or click the Page Preview button .  
> The Writer window changes to display the current page and the following page, and shows the Page Preview toolbar (Figure 147) in place of the Formatting toolbar.
> 2. Click the Book Preview icon to display left and right pages in their correct orientation.  
> Figure 147. Page Preview toolbar

The “Page Preview” button icon didn’t copy. It looks like a search button except the magnifying glass is over the top right corner of a blank sheet of paper.

I think “CTRL + V” is just a shortcut for Paste. Comes from the Unix mo **v** e file command.

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**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-the-page-layout-in-open-office/719519/3 "2015-05-08T01:12:47Z")

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Your first suggestion was correct. Thanks! I did searches for changing the layout and didn’t find anything.

Whoops, yes, I’ve been pressing ctrl + V so often that I messed up. I meant ctrl + z.