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Lars Thane - 10 Mar 2004 06:48 GMT

I have tried designing "legal size" worksheet forms for
work I do in the office. How do you format within a WORD,
so that the work actually prints out on one 8 1/2 x 14
page instead of 2?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 10 Mar 2004 15:25 GMT

Don't put more than one page's worth of text in the document.

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> I have tried designing "legal size" worksheet forms for
> work I do in the office. How do you format within a WORD,
> so that the work actually prints out on one 8 1/2 x 14
> page instead of 2?

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Charles Kenyon - 10 Mar 2004 15:35 GMT

Plan your content to fit on one page?

I'm not sure where your problem is coming from. You can reduce font size,
reduce line spacing, change the inter-paragraph spacing. Make sure you don't
have empty paragraphs at the end of your template. You can see non-printing
characters (that can still change your pagination) by pressing the "Show
All" button on your toolbar. It looks like a paragraph symbol.

If this doesn't help, could you write back with the following information?

Which version of Word are you using?

Are you using form fields in a protected document?

Are you using one or more tables?

Are any of your paragraphs that end up on page 2 formatted to "keep with
next?"

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> I have tried designing "legal size" worksheet forms for
> work I do in the office. How do you format within a WORD,
> so that the work actually prints out on one 8 1/2 x 14
> page instead of 2?

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Jay - 11 Mar 2004 00:14 GMT

> I have tried designing "legal size" worksheet forms for
> work I do in the office. How do you format within a WORD,
> so that the work actually prints out on one 8 1/2 x 14
> page instead of 2?

One way is to use the "shrink to fit" command.

To do this, first go to "Print Preview".

In Print Preview mode, click on the "shrink to fit" button. It looks like a
two-page document pointing to a one-page document.

(I use Word 97.)

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