January 23, 2009

Two For One

The other day, a reader sent in a question about printing a MS Word document at half the size.

It seems he had a document containing a picture that was frequently printed. Since it didn't have to be full size, he was hoping to easily have Word print two of the same thing on a single page, rotating the duplicate pages to sit side by side in a landscape on the paper so that it still retained its proportions. The thought was that printing two on one page would save on ink and paper.

Is it possible to accomplish that without so much frustration, it drives you crazy?

I'm happy to report the answer is yes, so give this a try!

First, copy and paste to make a second page of the Word document that's a duplicate of the first.
Now, when you print, don't hit the Print button. Instead, go to the File menu (or Office Button cialis no prescription in Word 2007), Print choice (Ctrl + P).
In the Print window, you're looking for the Zoom section.
From the "Pages per sheet" list, choose 2 pages.
Now, simply proceed with your print.

Word will automatically take both pages of the document and print them side by side and in the landscape format on the paper. (In case you're wondering, I tried using two copies with the "2 pages per sheet" setting, but it simply printed the page really small on two pieces of paper. So, yes, to the best of my knowledge, you do need to duplicate the page in the first step).