![]() This will scale the entire document, regardless of its original size, to fit on an 8.5 x 11″ page when it’s printed. Select File > Print > Choose 1 Page Per Sheet > Scale to Paper Size > Select Letter 8.5 x 11″.To print an 11 x 17″ Word document to fit on an 8.5 x 11″ page, you can print and scale to paper size directly in Word. Scale to paper size and print using Microsoft Word The preview window shows the original size of the document and the area that will be printed on the page. Likewise, 63% will reduce an 11 x 17″ document to fit the height of an 8.5 x 11″ page, leaving white space on the left and right side of document when it’s printed. For example, 78% will reduce an 11 x 17″ document to fit the width of an 8.5 x 11″ page, trimming the top and bottom of the document when it’s printed. The “Custom Scale” option allows you to enter an exact percentage. The “Fit” option shrinks the entire page to fit to the defined Page Setup. Under Page Sizing & Handling, you can choose from several options.Now, open the exported PDF file in Adobe Acrobat Reader.Choose Create PDF/XPS Document and click the Create PDF/XPS button.Then, you’ll open the PDF file in Acrobat Reader and select options to print. First, you’ll open your document in Microsoft Word and export it as a PDF. You can download Acrobat Reader for free from Adobe if you don’t already have it on your system. You’ll need Adobe Acrobat Reader, in addition to Microsoft Word, to create and print your PDF document. Requirements: Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat ReaderĪcrobat Reader offers more choices for Page Sizing than Microsoft Word for printing documents. If you need to separate an 11 x 17″ Word document into separate 8.5 x 11″ pages without resizing the page, refer to this article: How to Convert an 11 x 17 Print Layout PDF into Single 8.5 x 11 Pages Option 1:Įxport Word document to PDF and print using Acrobat Reader You can ‘Scale to Paper Size’ directly in Microsoft Word or, for more print sizing control, you can create a PDF in Word and then choose from many print options available in Adobe Acrobat Reader. There are two ways you can reduce a Word document to fit on a smaller paper size. Thanks for posing the question, there are probably heaps of ways to do it using Acrobat alone, but this is the only one I could come up with.If you have an 11 x 17″ Word document that is larger than your office printer can print, you might want to reduce or scale it to print on an 8.5 x 11″ paper size. Drag the artwork into line, using the arrow keys to nudge into place, and crop page as desired. Go to your second page and using the same Touch Up Object Tool, copy the second page artwork and return to the first (enlarged) page and paste.Ĥ. Drag a horizontal rule down to line up the top of the artwork.ģ. Using the 'Touch up Object Tool' (Tools > Advanced Editing > Touch Up Object Tool) drag the marquee around your 1st page artwork, copy it, delete the artwork and rotate the page to horizontal aspect. The page will probably not be the aspect you want - may be portrait instead of landscape.Ģ. Using the Crop pages tool (Advanced > Print Production > Crop Pages), click the page and when the box comes up, select 'Change page size' and choose any page size that is at least twice as big. There is another way which involves a bit of work, but it leaves the combined pdf editable (allowing that you only have Acrobat Pro).ġ. Needed them to be combined as you can see in my tutorial!! Didin't want each page to be one page at a time. In my case it was a magazine file I needed to create. Once you have created the 2 page merge, you than take your final PDF and Combine Files into PDF allowing you to save your work as one PDF. ![]() You have now created 2 files into one page. ![]() Go to "FILE" and save your work as a pdf. Once selected hit "ENTER" on your keyboard. Now drop down from the left your "Tool" bar and click "CROP" tool This will than duplicate your screen and you will see another window of your work.Ħ. Go to "File>Create>PDF From Screen Capture" ![]() You want to just see the landcape files side by side.ĥ. Make sure your tool bars and page drop down menus are hidden and not showing. Make sure you zoom out to see the edges of the pages. BUT it's still 2 pages!! Hence in Two Page View.Ĥ. To do this>īoom, you see it's landscape, and they look to be on one page. You will see that the 2 files are seperate and you want them to be together as one page. In Adobe Acrobat go to "Combine Files into PDF"ģ. You can also download it from my vimeo site!ġ. Adobe Acrobat Pro 10.0.3Ĭlick the Video to see how it's done on vimeo. I put a tutorial video to see visually!! I'll do my best to give step by step! I hope this helps! I've been back and forth trying to figure this out myself, and now I may have an answer!!!
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