Excel.Tips.Net: Using Less Paper on Printouts

By Allen Wyatt for Excel.Tips.Net

I’ve got a worksheet that has data in only the first column. In fact, I use cells A1:A100 to store this data. When I print it, the printout uses many pages, but only the left side of each page actually has information in it. If you have the same problem, you may be wondering if there is a way to print the data in columns on a single sheet of paper.

Unfortunately, there is no simple command you can use or magic Wizard you can call up to format the information for printing in columns. Instead, you must manually work with the data a little bit. The first approach would be to use the following steps. (These steps assume you have data that is only one column wide by 100 rows deep.)

1. In cell B2, enter the formula “=A26”.

2. In cell C2, enter the formula “=A51”.

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