> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.abbyy.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Page properties

> Configure page size, orientation, margins, style, background color, and default font in the Page Properties dialog box of ABBYY FormDesigner.

Page properties determine the size, orientation, margins, and style of a page. To open the **Page Properties** dialog box, select **Form → Page Properties...**, or right-click the page and select **Page Properties...** on the shortcut menu.

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## General tab

| Setting             | Description                                                             |
| ------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Name**            | Sets the name of the page.                                              |
| **Min occurs**      | Sets the minimum number of occurrences of the current page in the form. |
| **Max occurs**      | Sets the maximum number of occurrences of the current page in the form. |
| **Page identifier** | Displays the value of the page identifier.                              |

## Layout tab

| Setting          | Description                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Style**        | Sets the form style: **Gray drop-out form**, **Black and white form**, **Orange drop-out form**, **Red drop-out form**, **Green drop-out form**, or **Color form** (printing is not recommended). |
| **Orientation**  | Sets the page orientation to **Portrait** or **Landscape**.                                                                                                                                       |
| **Default font** | Selects the font and font size for the page.                                                                                                                                                      |

<Info>
  You can purchase additional fonts and multilingual font support at [www.paratype.com](https://www.paratype.com/).
</Info>

### Paper size

| Setting    | Description                                                                                                                                                                              |
| ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Size**   | Sets the page size. Select a standard size from the drop-down list (**A3**, **A4**, **A5**, **US Legal**, or **US Letter**), or select **Custom size** and specify the width and height. |
| **Width**  | Sets the page width.                                                                                                                                                                     |
| **Height** | Sets the page height.                                                                                                                                                                    |

### Margins

| Setting    | Description                          |
| ---------- | ------------------------------------ |
| **Top**    | Sets the width of the top margin.    |
| **Bottom** | Sets the width of the bottom margin. |
| **Left**   | Sets the width of the left margin.   |
| **Right**  | Sets the width of the right margin.  |

### Background

| Setting   | Description                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Color** | Selects a form background color from the drop-down list (dropout forms) or from the palette (color forms).                                                                                       |
| **Size**  | Sets the area covered by the background color: **Whole page** (fills everything except the form elements) or **Inside margins** (fills the page but leaves the margins and form elements white). |

<Info>
  The range of available colors depends on the type of your form. Color can be selected only for color and dropout forms. White is the default for black and white forms. The **Size** option is not available for black and white forms.
</Info>