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How to print a document with paper size 11x17 in 8.5x11 paper?

Anonymous
2014-03-30T11:51:52+00:00

How would I be able to print 11x17 size document in Word 2010 to 8.5x11 paper without corrupting the design and without one-by-one adjusting the size of text & picture. Please help me. Thank you!

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  1. Suzanne S Barnhill 277.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2014-03-30T13:07:28+00:00

    At File | Print (Ctrl+P), click the arrow beside 1 Page Per Sheet and then Scale to Paper Size. The menu that opens will depend on the selected printer but should include Letter. Choose that.

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  1. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 322.9K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2016-01-19T07:07:25+00:00

    Word cannot do it.  But if you save the file as a pdf and then Print from Adobe, in the Print dialog, you can select Tile large pages from the Page Scaling: dropdown.

    Even then however, your printer is probably not going to be able to print "full bleed" right to the edge of the page, so you will get a white band down the middle.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-01-19T04:02:14+00:00

    No, this does NOT work, this will RE-Scale the document. I want to span 2 pages so that you can set two 8 1/2 x 11 pages together in portrait position and thus have ONE 11x17 document in Landscape. that way my SCALED drawing is still to scale. Well in this case I am making a stencil and want it for an 11x17 sign NOT 8 1/2 x 11.   The whole reason for doing this is I don't have an 11x17 printer but I DO have a roll of scotch tape

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-01-19T14:56:13+00:00

    Thanks Doug, that is actually what I did although with a different PDF software. Yes I did get a margin band which I expected but it did not corrupt the letters, I simply trimmed it off and taped the pages together and it's good enough for a stencil.

    Thx for your response!

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-03-30T16:08:04+00:00

    thank you so much, Miss Suzanne! God bless

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