Office 2007 and 2010 have a setting in the print dialog that allows you to print multiple pages per sheet:
However, when I try to print 4 copies of a single page with 4 pages per sheet, I get 4 pages with 1 page per sheet in the top left corner, at 1/4 size. I've tried using both Office 2007 Professional and Office 2010 Starter Edition, both on Windows 7, with the same results.
I swear this has worked for me a hundred times before. How do I get Word to actually print multiple pages per sheet?
Saw this on Microsoft's website:
If you have a document (say 6 pages long) and you select the option to print 4 pages per sheet of paper the result will look like this:
1 2 5 6 3 4
If you print this document twice, either by selecting 2 copies of simply by repeating the the print action the result will be like this:
1 2 5 6 1 2 5 6 3 4 3 4
Note the blank space in the second and forth page. It does this because page 2 would be rather inconvenient if it did this:
1 2 5 6 3 4 3 4 1 2 5 6
Since you have a single page document and selected four print jobs (or 4 copies) it will print 4 pages. With only enough data to fill the first quarter of a page that will result in 4 mostly empty pages.
The answer do how do I get Windows to actually print multiple pages per sheet? is easy: Set it in the printer driver. (n your example, use printer properties
Most printer drivers have an option as circled in the picture below. Sadly it never seems to be in the same place. Each manufacturer does it differently.
How you get it set specifically in office without using the printer driver is an other question. But this should work, even from ms office.
This is very basic but gets round the problem quickly and easily - I copy the page 4 times so the document contains 4 pages and then it works.
i was looking to make coupons. this is what worked for me.
i made one large, and wanted 4 small on one page. click print, then under your printer, click on printer properties. that is where i selected page layout, and click on multi-page. it will only give you up to 4.
(then you go back to the original print page in word) and you keep it on one page per sheet, select custom print and then put 1,1,1,1 if you want that first page (i had 2 pages, 1 for the front & 1 for the back)
i had a lot of difficulty figuring this out, i will continue to play with it to see if i can get more than 4 on the page
So I found a way it can work. I tried all the suggestions here, with a HP 2100 CL6 driver, Word 2007 and Windows XP. I tried setting the page range to "1,1,1,1" and left the other Word options the same. I went to the Properties button next to the printer selection dropdown, and under Finishing chose 4 pages per sheet. Then pressed OK and OK and it came out right.
Let me know if that worked. I don't know if it will work on Windows 7.
In Microsoft Word 2010/2013 use the following printing properties to print 4 of the same A4 pages on a single A4 sheet:
When I selected 4 pages per sheet, I ended up with the same result as many people, with 4 pages in the top-left corner of the page, i.e. 1/4 of the A4 page contains the 4 pages.
convert the word file to pdf file by going on the file tab and then going on the export, then change file to pdf, once finish go on google and type in pdf to jpeg online converter, convert file converted file should be in downloads or wherever you put it then right click on converted file, then go to print it should come up with a list of different types of prints you want, go to the 4 in 1 printout and underneath your picture or file u want printed out click the desired amount of copies, then uaa-laaa :)
