Printing

 

Print a Worksheet | Print Selection | Fit Sheet on One Page | Print Gridlines & Headings | Page Margins

This chapter teaches you how to print a worksheet or selection and how to change some important print settings in Excel.

Print a Worksheet

To print a worksheet in Excel 2010, execute the following steps.

1. On the File tab, click Print.

2. To preview the other pages that will be printed, click 'Next Page' or 'Previous Page' at the bottom of the window.

Excel Print Preview

3. To print the worksheet, click the big Print button.

Click the big Print Button

Print Selection

Instead of printing the entire worksheet, you can also only print the current selection.

1. First, select the range of cells you want to print.

2. Next, under Settings, select Print Selection.

Print Selection

3. To print the selection, click the big Print button.

Click the big Print Button

Fit Sheet on One Page

If you want to fit more data on one page, you can fit the sheet on one page. To achieve this, execute the following steps.

1. Under Settings, select 'Fit Sheet on One Page' from the Scaling drop-down list.

Fit Sheet on One Page

Print Gridlines & Headings

Printing gridlines (the horizontal and vertical lines you see on your worksheet) and row/column headers (1, 2, 3 etc. and A, B, C etc.) makes your copy easier to read. To print gridlines and headings, execute the following steps.

1. On the Page Layout tab, check Print under Gridlines and check Print under Headings.

Print Gridlines and Headings

Page Margins

To adjust the page margins, execute the following steps.

1. First, click the 'Show Margins' icon at the bottom right window.

2. Next, you can drag the lines to change the page margins.

Adjust Page Margins

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