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

Great Idea! Word is a tool to get what you really want—printed output. This means you need to make sure that Word works as well as possible with your printer, whether it is sitting on your desk or in a room down the hall.

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