Scale a Document to Fit on Different Paper Sizes
Just as many photocopy machines have a reduce/enlarge feature, Microsoft Word offers different ways to scale a document for printing, enabling you to avoid adjusting margins or line breaks.
  1. Click on the word File in the menu bar.
  2. Choose the option Print.
  3. The Print dialog will appear.

  4. Select the appropriate option from the Scale To Paper Size dropdown list in the Zoom section. For example, you can specify that a legal-size document prints on letter-size paper.
  5. Click on the OK button.
  6. The reduced scaled document will print.

Note: When you scale a document for printing, the changes only occur when you print. Microsoft Word does not change the settings within the document itself.

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