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Printing Multiple Pages On a Piece of Paper

Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated February 12, 2022)
This tip applies to Excel 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021, and Excel in Microsoft 365


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You may want to print multiple pages of your Excel worksheet on a single piece of paper. You can accomplish this by following these steps:

  1. Display the Page Layout tab of the ribbon.
  2. Click the small icon at the lower-right corner of the Page Setup group. Excel displays the Page Setup dialog box.
  3. Click on the Options button. Excel displays the printer's Properties dialog box. (See Figure 1.)
  4. Figure 1. The printer’s Document Properties dialog box.

  5. Using the Pages Per Sheet control, specify how many pages you want printed on each sheet of paper.
  6. Click on OK to dismiss the printer's Properties dialog box.
  7. Click on OK to dismiss the Page Setup dialog box.

Depending on your printer, you may need to look around through the available tabs to locate one that has a Pages Per Sheet control or a Multiple Page control.

ExcelTips is your source for cost-effective Microsoft Excel training. This tip (6214) applies to Microsoft Excel 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021, and Excel in Microsoft 365. You can find a version of this tip for the older menu interface of Excel here: Printing Multiple Pages On a Piece of Paper.

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Allen Wyatt

With more than 50 non-fiction books and numerous magazine articles to his credit, Allen Wyatt is an internationally recognized author. He is president of Sharon Parq Associates, a computer and publishing services company. ...

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2022-11-02 11:22:44

Brian Dorey

I've tried to get 2 sheets onto 1 page. I get the dialogue you describe above and set it for 2. The picture on the right shows 2 sheets but when I return to print preview it still shows 2 pages. (see Figure 1 below)

Figure 1. 


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