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hmf - 28 May 2008 00:21 GMT

I am working on a very wide spreadsheet, even shrinking to 50% it is 30
inches wide and I have to paste the pages together. I want to take the file
to a Printing co. to have them print directly onto large paper, say 8.5 x 30.
How can I set the page set up or paper size for this? Do I have to download
the driver for their plotter to my hard drive in order to do this? I don't
really want the Printers to have to fiddle with the file.

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Eric P. - 28 May 2008 08:35 GMT

> I am working on a very wide spreadsheet, even shrinking to 50% it is 30
> inches wide and I have to paste the pages together. I want to take the file
> to a Printing co. to have them print directly onto large paper, say 8.5 x 30.
> How can I set the page set up or paper size for this? Do I have to download
> the driver for their plotter to my hard drive in order to do this? I don't
> really want the Printers to have to fiddle with the file.

Last year I made a large family tree in Exel 97
I shrunk to 75% but even then needed twelve A4 sheets.
Two rows of each six horizontal pages that I glued together.

At the printshop they have a scanner that scans even much larger sheets.
After scanning the sheet you just tell them how many copies are needed,
what exact size of paper, folded or not etc.

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hmf - 28 May 2008 16:57 GMT

This is not the answer for me. My problem is not the number of copies to
print but the fact I have to edit the spreadsheets many times and give it to
someone else (who only works from paper!) who then edits it again and gives
it back, etc. etc. Even after I paste them together (5 worksheets) each
worksheet is about 10 pages long, meaning 30 pages to stick together x 5.
Takes a long time. I just want to walk the disc to the Printer (downstairs)
and say please print xx file. Can anyone help?

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