Scaling Numbers spreadsheet to fit on selected paper size

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Scaling Numbers spreadsheet to fit on selected paper size

I'm trying to switch from being a user of Excel to Numbers and I've run into a snag with Numbers. With Excel, when I pressed CMD+P the print menu would pop up and there was a box to check that would allow me to scale the selected spreadsheet to a desired number of pages wide by a desired number of pages long. Does Numbers have the same option? Nothing like this feature comes up when I press CMD+P and I've been unable to find anything in the Help Menu.

PowerBook G4, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Oct 8, 2009 1:28 PM

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Answer 1

Oct 8, 2009 2:23 PM in response to Matt Schmalenberger

I got it! At the bottom of the screen is an icon that looks like a piece of paper. When the cursor hovers over that icon it says "Show or Hide Print Preview". When you click on it it brings up the page you currently have open in print preview. There is a slide button at the bottom that allows you to scale the page either up or down to adjust the page to your liking. When you are satisfied with the desired preview you can then press CMD+P to print the newly scaled page.

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Answer 2

KOENIG Yvan

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Oct 9, 2009 2:29 AM in response to Matt Schmalenberger

Reading the *Numbers User Guide* thru the Help menu is an efficient way to stop spending time for simple questions like tis one.

Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) vendredi 9 octobre 2009 11:29:20

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Answer 3

Nov 1, 2009 12:25 PM in response to Matt Schmalenberger

Hi, Thanks Matt. Your solution was exactly what I was looking for.
Cheers Anteric

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