Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated April 23, 2020)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016
Word gives you complete control over how it prints your document. You can either print the entire document or you can print a portion of it. To print only selected pages, follow these steps:
Figure 1. The print options.
When you specify page numbers, Word allows you quite a bit of flexibility. The following are some general guidelines for specifying page numbers:
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2017-01-13 19:07:48
jacqui wowk
i can not select one page at a time and I am in word 2016
2016-06-28 12:35:10
Paula
The directions don't specify whether the page number is supposed to be the DOCUMENT page number (i.e. the number at the bottom of the printed page) or the FORMATTED page number (i.e. its physical position in the document). Printing results seem to vacillate between them irregularly.
2016-06-25 14:43:32
Thomas Segar
This tip also works for double sided printing on a printer without that capability.
Print odd pages: 1,3,5,etc.
After printing, turn pages over and reverse order so page 1 is face down to be printed first.
Then print: 2,4,6,etc.
2016-06-25 06:59:27
John M Schultz
Thanks for the tip
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