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photocopying
paper do you
think we use in
one year if all
the reams were
stacked on top
of each other?
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of paper
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help us to redu
amount of paper
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more to
uce the
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seful tips
ng page.
How can dual monitors help save paper?
Using dual monitors (or a wide screen monitor) means that you don’t have to k
you want to compare two documents or, for example, refer to an email and a
reduces the need to print.
Print options
Print preview allows you to see how your document will look once printed befo
The document options tab under printer properties on the print menu allows y
If you have sent something to print In error, you can highlight the document on
What else can be done to save paper when using Excel?
On the print menu, by selecting the ‘No Scaling’ button you can quickly adjust
Fit the sheet on one page
Fit all columns on one page
Fit all rows on one page
Hiding columns you don’t need to see will reduce the width of your spreadshe
What else can be done to save paper when using Word?
If you have a Word document which has a small amount of text on the last pag
will, if possible, reduce the size and spacing of the text to shrink the documen
to your quick access toolbar to be able to use it.
keep maximising and minimising programmes if
document at the same time. This therefore
ore hitting the print button.
you to print multiple pages on one sheet of paper.
n the MFD and delete it without having to print it.
t a document to:
eet.
ge, you can use the Shrink One Page option which
nt by one page. You will need to add this command