Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016. If you are using an earlier version (Word 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Word, click here: Multiple Pages Per Sheet.
Word includes a nifty feature that allows you to print multiple pages on a single sheet of paper. For instance, you can take two pages of your document and print them on a single side of a piece of paper. Word allows you to print 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, or 16 actual pages per printed page. This can save quite a bit of paper, but it can make reading the output more difficult.
To control this setting, follow these steps:
If you are using Word 2007 you should follow these steps, instead:
Figure 1. The Print dialog box.
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2017-10-11 08:31:29
Betty Mayhall
I tried your instructions and it only printed one reduced size document on the page, not the four that I wanted. Ok, I added 1,1,1,1 to pages and it worked.
2016-10-21 23:39:33
Carolyn
Thank you Rob and Marcia. You are right. Also Christine your shortcut worked! I tried it with 4 on a page. Yay!! Thanks!
2016-09-24 15:23:25
christine
If you want to print one page 4 times on the sheet, in the box labeled "Pages" type: 1,1,1,1. It will print the one page 4 times. Easy!
2016-09-23 08:58:11
Marcia
You definitely have to have 4 pages in your original document to produce 4 printed copies when telling a document to print "4 pages per sheet".
So, copy the document and paste it onto page 2, 3, and 4 in your document. Now you have a four page document where each page is exactly the same.
Now, when you tell it to print 4 pages per sheet, it will give you the results you want.
2016-09-13 05:23:48
Valerlie
I am trying to print 1 page x 4 times on 1 A4 sheet of paper. I have clicked multiple pages per sheet; layout showing 4 pages on the sheet and asking whether I require portrait or landscape. All looking good and then just one small page being printed. Tearing my hair out!
Oh and I am using Microsoft Office 2010.
2016-04-18 15:35:34
Rob
I believe the multiple pages per sheet feature is meant to print a multi-page document on a single sheet. You could try copying your single page onto successive pages (e.g., four pages, each with the same text) and then following the steps above. What I found more helpful was creating a text box with my text, and then copying it three additional times and placing the four text boxes in four separate quadrants.
2016-04-17 21:11:15
Ben
Same problem as Beth and Tim. Only printing to one portion if the page, not all four or two.
2016-03-31 14:57:24
Tim Haze
I have the same issue as Beth in the comments. I have a single page document that I would like to have printed as 4 per page. The document scales properly, but I only have 1 print on 1/4 of the page in the upper left quadrant of the page and 3 blank quadrants. I'm using Word 2013.
2016-03-29 14:05:30
David Willis
This only prints the entire document on one quarter of the actual page and it is impossible to read.
I need to have speech notes in a handy format, A6 with 11pt text.
How can I make the text flow automatically to the other three virtual pages?
(This is so simple to do in WordPerfect, but I am trying to migrate to Word)
2015-12-21 07:21:40
Beth
Word 2016
It isn't working.
I made the page size A6, in print options I selected 4 pages per sheet. It only printed one page on the 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper.
Even if I make the page size 8 1/2 x 11 and select 4 pages per sheet it stills doesn't print correctly.
Can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.
2015-12-19 17:41:39
Jean Rudolph
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