Zarobian: Printing Options for Specific Pages

Sunday, 25 November 2012

Microsoft Word 2008: Printing Options for Specific Pages (Mac)

Printing Options for Specific Pages

You may not always want to print your entire Word document. There are times when you may want to print only certain pages. The Page Range section of the Print dialog box allows you to select or specify the pages that you want to print.

Terminology

The following is a short list of terms used within this document. Understanding them will help you to understand the instructions provided herein.

ContiguousNext to in sequence. For example, page 3 is contiguous to pages 2 and 4.

NoncontiguousNot next in sequence. For example, page 3 and page 7 are noncontiguous pages.

SectionIn Word, a document is separated into sections by a section break. Each section is referred to by number. For example, documents that are the result of a mail merge are individual sections.

The Print Dialog Box

To use the options described in this document, you must access the Print dialog box:

From the File menu, select Print...
The Print dialog box appears.
In the Pages section, specify the pages you want to print
Click PRINT

Specifying the Pages to Print

The table shown lists options for printing and the selection or specifications that you must make in the Page Range section of the Print dialog box to achieve the desired results.

To print only selected text
Under Pages, select *Selection*
To print all pages of your document
Under Pages, select *All*
To print the page your insertion point is currently in
Under Pages, select *Current Page*
To print noncontiguous pages
Under Pages, select *Page range* Type the page numbers separated by commas
To print a range of contiguous pages
Under Pages, select *From* In the From text box, type the first page to print In the To text box, type the last page to print
To print a combination of noncontiguous pages and a range
Under Pages, select *Page range* Type the page numbers, separating the noncontiguous pages by commas and the range by a hyphen
To print a section of your document
Under Pages, select *Page range* Type s and the section number
To print noncontiguous sections
Under Pages, select *Page range* Type s and the section number for each section you want to print Separate the section numbers by commas.
To print a range of pages that crosses sections
Under Pages, select *Page range* Reference the pages and their respective sections by typing p before the page number and s before the section number Place a hyphen between the beginning page/section and the ending page/section.