Shrink text to fit when printing in Microsoft Word

Information

You can reduce the size of a document if the last page has just a small amount of text with a quick access tool to avoid printing an extra page.

 

Environment

  • Microsoft 365
    • Word

 

Process

  1. In the Quick Access toolbar at the top of the Word window, click Customize Quick Access Toolbar (the small down arrow) and
  2. Choose More Commands.
  3. Under Choose commands from, click All Commands.
  4. Click Shrink One Page to select it,
  5. Click the Add button.
  6. Click OK.

Once the button is available, just click it to shrink the text.

Shrink One Page button in the Quick Access Toolbar