# Multiple Pages with Different Page Margins

Use page-specific CSS when one PDF template needs different margins across pages.

This approach also works when one section needs a different page orientation.

### Problem

You need one generated PDF to use more than one page layout.

Common examples:

* a cover page with wide margins
* an embedded section with no margins
* a landscape page between portrait pages

Standard `body` styling is not enough for this case.

### Solution

Define named `@page` rules in CSS.

Then wrap each section in a `<pagebody>` tag with a matching class name.

S-Docs converts each `<pagebody>` tag to a `body` tag at runtime.

{% code title="multi-page-margins-example.html" %}

```html
<style type="text/css">
@page parentTemplate {
  margin: 1in;
}

body.parentTemplate {
  page: parentTemplate;
}

@page componentTemplate {
  margin: 0in;
  size: landscape;
}

body.componentTemplate {
  page: componentTemplate;
}
</style>

<pagebody class="parentTemplate">
Test Page 1
</pagebody>

<pagebody class="componentTemplate">
Test Page 2
</pagebody>

<pagebody class="parentTemplate">
Test Page 3
</pagebody>
```

{% endcode %}

### How it works

* `@page parentTemplate` sets the first margin profile.
* `@page componentTemplate` sets the second profile.
* `body.parentTemplate` and `body.componentTemplate` map each section to a page profile.
* Each `<pagebody>` block starts a new page context with its assigned settings.

### Example result

In the example above:

* **Test Page 1** uses `1in` margins
* **Test Page 2** uses `0in` margins and landscape orientation
* **Test Page 3** returns to `1in` margins

### Tips

* Keep each `<pagebody>` section self-contained.
* Use clear CSS names when you define multiple page layouts.
* Test the final PDF output, not just template preview.

### Related resources

* Review [PDF Rendering Considerations](/sdocs/template-architecture/document-formats/pdf-templates/pdf-rendering-considerations.md) for broader PDF limitations.
* Review MDN's [CSS `@page` reference](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@page) for supported page-rule syntax.


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