Printing

[older]

I read that if you wanted to print a 2 page (second page only a few lines)
there is a way to have it reconfigured to one page only. Anyone ever hear of
this.

 

[grammatim]

Lots of possibilities.

Make your margins narrower (in Page Setup).

Hyphenate (in Tools > Language).

Make your font size smaller.

Reduce line spacing within or between paragraphs.

Don't indent paragraphs (not so good).

 

[Jay Freedman]

There's also a Shrink to Fit button in the Print Preview (called Shrink One Page
in Word 2007), which is ok for a quick-and-dirty job.

See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/FitCopy.htm for a longer discussion of
the various options.

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[grammatim]

That won't get the few lines from the top of p. 2 back onto p. 1.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

That's what it's designed to do. Have you actually tried it?

 

[grammatim]

Well, no -- why would I? First, I've never used Print Preview; second,
"Shrink to Fit" sounds like it would scale it down, say by 92% for A4
to Letter, and what would that accomplish?

*Using Word 2003* suggests only using it _in extremis_ -- it has no
qualms about changing to 4 pt type, for instance.

 

[Jay Freedman]

There are plenty of things in Word that "sound like" they do something but
actually do something else.

"Shrink to Fit" was intended for reformatting the short memo or letter that
spills onto a second page by a line or two. With one click, it reduces the
font size from, say, 11 pt to 10.5 pt. It won't go down to 4 pt unless you
seriously abuse it -- and that would be your fault, not Word's. As I said
before, it's OK for a quick-and-dirty job, somewhat like using a screwdriver
where you should use a chisel. If you want good workmanship, use an
appropriate tool.

"Shrink to Fit" has nothing to do with scaling from one paper size to
another. There's a separate setting ("Scale to paper size" in the Print
dialog) for that.

 

[grammatim]

There are plenty of things in Word that "sound like" they do something but
actually do something else.

Sounds like a job opportunity for an English major. (But then what
would Garrison Keillor have left to make fun of?)