Multiple Pages Per Sheet

Summary: You can save on paper on your printouts by instructing Word to print multiple pages on a single sheet of paper. In fact, you can put up to 16 pages on a single piece of paper, as described in this tip. (This tip works with Microsoft Word 2000, Word 2002, Word 2003, and Word 2007.)

Word includes a nifty feature that allows you to print multiple pages on a single sheet of paper. For instance, you can take two pages of your document and print them on a single side of a piece of paper. Word allows you to print 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, or 16 actual pages per printed page. This can save quite a bit of paper, but it can make reading the output more difficult.

To control this setting, follow these steps:

Load the document you want to print.
Choose the Print option from the File menu. Word displays the Print dialog box. (Click here to see a related figure.) (When using Word 2007, you display the Print dialog box by clicking the Office button and then clicking Print.)
Use the Pages Per Sheet drop-down list (lower-right corner) to specify how many pages should be combined on each printed page.
Specify any other printing options, as desired.
Click on OK to print your document.

Tip #1838 applies to Microsoft Word versions: 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

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