Printing MS Word Documents

Once the document is ready, you can print it to view or share the paper version with others. Using panel print in Microsoft Word, it will not be difficult for you to do this. After carefully reading this lesson to the end, you can get answers to the following popular questions: How to print a document in Word? How to configure print settings? How to print only certain pages?

Print panel

  1. Click the tab Fileto open Backstage view.
  2. Выберите print.
  3. A panel will appear print.

Consider each of the panel elements print in details:

1 copies

Here you can choose how many copies of the document you want to print. If you plan to print multiple copies, we recommend that you print a test copy first.

2 Print

When you’re ready to print your document, click print.

3 Printer

If the computer is connected to several printers, you can select the desired printer here.

4 Print range / Document information

Here you can choose whether to print all pages, only the current page, or use custom printing to print only specified pages.

5 Single-sided and double-sided printing

Here you can choose whether to print the document on one side or on both sides of the paper.

6 Collate

This item allows you to collate or not collate the printed pages of the document.

7 Orientation

Here you can choose Book or Landscape orientation.

8 Paper size

If your printer supports various paper sizes, you can select the size you need here.

9 Fields

In this section, you can adjust the size of the fields, which will allow you to more conveniently arrange information on the page.

10 pages per sheet

Microsoft Word allows you to print more than one page per sheet. The ability to fit several pages on one sheet can be very useful in some cases, but remember that the more pages you fit, the more difficult the text is to read.

11 Preview area

Here you can evaluate how the document will look when printed.

12 Page selection

Click on the arrows to see other pages of the document in Preview areas.

13 Zoom adjustment / Fit to page

Clicking on a command Fit to page, You will fit the sheet to the size of the window Preview areas.

Press and hold and drag the slider to adjust the scale. The number to the left of the slider shows the scale value as a percentage.

You can also open the panel printby simply pressing Ctrl + P on keyboard.

The order in which a document is printed

  1. Go to panel print and select the desired printer.
  2. Enter the number of copies to be printed.
  3. Select any additional options as needed.
  4. Press print.

Custom Print

Sometimes it is not necessary to print the entire document, in which case it would be more correct to use custom printing. If you want to print multiple individual pages or ranges, Word lets you specify exactly what you want to print.

How to use custom printing

If you want to print individual pages or ranges of pages, you will need to separate them with a comma. For example: 1, 3, 5-7, 10-14.

  1. Go to panel print.
  2. In the Pages enter the page numbers to be printed.
  3. Press print.

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