SUMMARY
This step-by-step article describes how to print a range of
pages in a Microsoft Word document that has multiple sections, each with its
own page-numbering sequence.
In Word, you can create a
multiple-section document with different page numbering in each section. To
specify a page or a range of pages to print, you must supply both the page and
section number of the range that you want to print. In a multiple-section
document that contains more than a single page 1, Word cannot determine which
"page 1" to print unless you also supply a section number.
Print a Range of Pages Across Sections
To print a range of pages across sections, use the following
syntax in the
Pages box (in the
Print range
section of the
Print dialog box):
p<page number>s<section number>-p<page number>s<section number>
For example, to print page 5 of section 3 through page 2 of
section 4, type
p5s3-p2s4.
To print
nonadjacent pages or nonadjacent sections, type the page and section numbers,
separated by a comma (,). For example, to print sections 3 and 5 (but not
section 4), type
s3,s5. To print pages 2 through 5 of
section 3 and pages 1 through 4 of section 5, type
p2s3-p5s3,p1s5-p4s5.
To print a page or a
range of pages, follow these steps:
- Scroll to the page where you want to start printing, and
then click anywhere in the margins.
- Note the page and section number, as shown on the Word
status bar.
- Scroll to the last page that you want to include in the
print selection, and then click anywhere in the margins.
- Note the page and section number, as shown on the Word
status bar.
- On the File menu, click
Print.
- Click Pages, and then type the range by
using the syntax p<page
number>s<section
number>-p<page
number>s<section number> in
the box.
- Click OK to print the range.
Note These steps may also be useful when printing selected pages of a
merged document.
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