[Etheline]

I have a project for school and it must be done on 11 by 17 paper. I am
trying to create a document with two columns on this size paper and then
emailing my document to a printing store and have it printed there.
Unfortunately every time I go to the print preview half of my work is not
even on the page and it keeps saying that it couldn't fit. Even when I go
back to the page it wont let me type more than half of the page so I don't
know what to do.

[Jay Freedman]

On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:09:00 -0700, Etheline
wrote:

I have a project for school and it must be done on 11 by 17 paper. I am
trying to create a document with two columns on this size paper and then
emailing my document to a printing store and have it printed there.
Unfortunately every time I go to the print preview half of my work is not
even on the page and it keeps saying that it couldn't fit. Even when I go
back to the page it wont let me type more than half of the page so I don't
know what to do.

Word can't generate a page size that the current printer driver doesn't
accommodate.

You have to install a printer driver for a printer that can handle the 11x17
page size. You don't need to have the physical printer, just the driver
software. The best bet is to ask the printing store what driver they use. If
it's a fairly common model, Windows probably has the driver available, or you
may have to download it from the printer manufacturer's web site.

Once it's installed, select that printer as the default printer, and then open
your document.

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[Graham Mayor]

In the absence of a suitable printer driver you could install the free PDF
software PrimoPDF which will install a 'printer' driver that you can set as
active printer and which will allow you to setup a page size of 11 x 17. The
print shop should also be able to handle the PDF format (ask them).

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Jay Freedman wrote:
On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:09:00 -0700, Etheline
wrote:

I have a project for school and it must be done on 11 by 17 paper. I
am trying to create a document with two columns on this size paper
and then emailing my document to a printing store and have it
printed there. Unfortunately every time I go to the print preview
half of my work is not even on the page and it keeps saying that it
couldn't fit. Even when I go back to the page it wont let me type
more than half of the page so I don't know what to do.

Word can't generate a page size that the current printer driver
doesn't accommodate.

You have to install a printer driver for a printer that can handle
the 11x17 page size. You don't need to have the physical printer,
just the driver software. The best bet is to ask the printing store
what driver they use. If it's a fairly common model, Windows probably
has the driver available, or you may have to download it from the
printer manufacturer's web site.

Once it's installed, select that printer as the default printer, and
then open your document.

[Mecalith]

I think the page layout you want is:

Size: Width 17 inches,
Height: 11 inches
Columns: Two
Orientation: Landscape
Margins: Mirrored

If this is what you want, then it would be better to use a letter size (8 ½
x 11) layout and to tell the printer how you want the pages arranged on
tabloid size (11 x 17) paper.
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"Etheline" wrote:

I have a project for school and it must be done on 11 by 17 paper. I am
trying to create a document with two columns on this size paper and then
emailing my document to a printing store and have it printed there.
Unfortunately every time I go to the print preview half of my work is not
even on the page and it keeps saying that it couldn't fit. Even when I go
back to the page it wont let me type more than half of the page so I don't
know what to do.