To set or reduce the page margin (white space between the border of the page and the text) you can use the geometry
package.
Set margin of all sides to 2cm
:
\usepackage[left=20mm, right=20mm, top=20mm, bottom=20mm]{geometry}
To set just the left and right margin to 2cm
, use
\usepackage[left=20mm, right=20mm]{geometry}