{"id":45579,"date":"2013-09-10T18:28:57","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T18:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=45579"},"modified":"2013-09-10T18:28:57","modified_gmt":"2013-09-10T18:28:57","slug":"force-microsoft-word-document-to-fit-single-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/force-microsoft-word-document-to-fit-single-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Force Microsoft Word Document to Fit Single Page"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Force Microsoft Word Document to Fit Single Page<\/h3>\n

By Allen Wyatt for Word.Tips.Net<\/p>\n

Dennis has run into the common problem of documents printing differently on different systems in his office. He has one document that prints as a single page on one system, but prints as two pages on a different system. He noted that in Excel he can force a page to “fit” a single page, and it seems to work across different systems. This caused him to wonder if there is something similar that can be done in Word.<\/p>\n

As has been recounted in other issues of WordTips, the differences in appearance and printing of a document from one system to another is due to a variety of factors. Differences in versions of Word, installed fonts, printer drivers, and even video cards can cause differences in how a document appears and prints. The only sure-fire way around this problem is to convert the document to a PDF format using a program such as Adobe Acrobat. <\/p>\n

There are a couple of things you can try<\/a>, however, with the document itself.<\/p>\n

This post is excerpted with permission from Word.Tips.Net<\/p>\n

Subscribe to the Free WordTips Newsletter with the links below<\/b><\/p>\n

(for those using menu interface (Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, or Word 2003)<\/a><\/p>\n

(for those using the ribbon interface (Word 2007 or later)<\/a><\/p>\n

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