Printing Multiple Pages per Sheet


A handy feature in Adobe Reader is the option for printing multiple pages on a single sheet of paper. You may have files you're using for a slide presentation and want to print handouts with multiple slides on a page for your audience. You might also want to print thumbnail images on a sheet of paper for a CD jewel case or some other use where you want to print multiple pages on a single sheetor you might want to just save on paper.

To print multiple pages on a single sheet of paper:

1.

Open a document in Adobe Reader. Open the Print Setup dialog and set the print attributes. Click OK.

2.

Select File > Print to open the Print dialog.

3.

In the Page Handling pane select Multiple pages per sheet from the Page Scaling pull-down menu (Figure 6.9).

Figure 6.9. Select Multiple pages per sheet.


4.

Open the Pages per sheet pull-down menu. You have some default values for choosing the number of pages you want to print in rows and columnsfor example, four pages across and six pages down. If you want to add a number not found in the pull-down menu, select Custom. Type the number of images appearing horizontally and vertically in the two text boxes. For example you may want three pages across and seven pages down.

5.

Open the Page Order pull-down menu. Select the order of the pages as you want them to appear from the menu choices. As you make a choice from the menu, the order is displayed in the Preview box to the right.

6.

Check the Preview pane to be certain the number and order appear as you want the pages printed.

7.

Check the box for Print page border if you want a keyline border to appear around each page image.

8.

Click OK and the file prints as shown in the Preview pane.



    Adobe Reader 7 Revealed. Working Effectively with Acrobat PDF Files
    Adobe Reader 7 Revealed: Working Effectively with Acrobat PDF Files
    ISBN: 0321305310
    EAN: 2147483647
    Year: 2005
    Pages: 168
    Authors: Ted Padova

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