Changing the Orientation: Dialog Box Option After changing the orientation, you may need to proceed with Changing the Paper Size below. In addition, changing the orientation can also help to fit a large worksheet to one sheet of paper. Most documents are portrait (tall) oriented, but many worksheets may be easier to read in the landscape (wide) mode. Several different aspects of your page layout may be altered to customize the way your printed worksheet appears. In order to fit information on a page or change the appearance of a page, you may want to customize your page layout. This article is based on legacy software. (Archives) Microsoft Excel 2007: Customizing Page Layout Mac