Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 2000, 2002, and 2003. If you are using a later version (Word 2007 or later), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for later versions of Word, click here: Multiple Pages Per Sheet.

Multiple Pages Per Sheet

Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated July 13, 2019)
This tip applies to Word 2000, 2002, and 2003

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. (See Figure 1.)

Figure 1. The Print dialog box.

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.

WordTips is your source for cost-effective Microsoft Word training. (Microsoft Word is the most popular word processing software in the world.) This tip (1838) applies to Microsoft Word 2000, 2002, and 2003. You can find a version of this tip for the ribbon interface of Word (Word 2007 and later) here: Multiple Pages Per Sheet.

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Allen Wyatt

With more than 50 non-fiction books and numerous magazine articles to his credit, Allen Wyatt is an internationally recognized author. He is president of Sharon Parq Associates, a computer and publishing services company. Learn more about Allen...

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