Just a Little Too Long MS Word

Have an MS Word document that is just a bit too long? A few lines stuck on that last page? Wish you could "shrink" the document a bit and lose that last page?

Well, I suppose you could try a different font size. Or, you know, adjusting it up and down just to find the exact change that will remove the need for the unwanted last page.

But, why would you waste the time when you could get Word to do that for you?

Interested in finding out how?

Yep, I thought you might be, so heres the scoop!

The Word feature were looking for is "Shrink to Fit" and its found in the Print Preview. (File menu, Print Preview choice or use the Print Preview button located on the Standard toolbar).

Once in the Print Preview, youre looking for the Shrink to Fit button.

Click it.

Instantly, Word shrinks your documents font size to reduce the number of pages by one.

(At times, I did get an error message from the Office Assistant telling me that Word couldnt make the change. With some effort, I found that if I saved the document as is and then tried again, it would complete the shrink).

There you have it. Words version of the phrase "Shrink to Fit!"

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