Microsoft Word 2003

Printing Options for Specific Pages

At times, you may want to print only certain pages of your Word documents. The Page Range section of the Print dialog box allows you to select or specify the pages to be printed.

Terminology
The Print Dialog Box
Specifying the Pages to Print

Terminology

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

Contiguous
Pages that are next to one another in sequence
EXAMPLE: Page 3 is contiguous to pages 2 and 4.

Non-contiguous
Pages that are not next to one another in sequence
EXAMPLE: Page 3 and page 7 are non-contiguous pages.

Section
In Word, a document is separated into sections by a section break. Each section is referred to by number.
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.

Specifying the Pages to Print

The following table 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.

Printing only selected text
Under Page range, select *Selection*
Printing all pages of your document
Under Page range, select *All*
Printing the current page
Under Page range, select *Current page*
Printing non-contiguous pages
Under Page range, select *Pages* Type the page numbers separated by commas
Printing a range of contiguous pages
Under Page range, select Pages Type the beginning and end page numbers separated by a hyphen
Printing a combination of non-contiguous pages and a range
Under Page range, select *Pages* Type the page numbers, separating the noncontiguous pages by commas and the range by a hyphen
Printing a section of your document
Under Page range, select *Pages* Type s and the section number
Printing non-contiguous sections
Under Page range, select *Pages* Type s and the section number for each section separated by commas.
Printing a range of pages that crosses sections
Under Page range, select *Pages* 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.