Print a document in Word for Mac

Preview and print your document

1. On the File menu, select Print.

2. To preview each page, click the arrows at the bottom of the preview.

   

   If you don't see the preview, below Presets, select Copies & Pages and check the box next to Show Quick Preview.

3. Choose the number of copies, and any other options you want, and click the Print button.

Print specific pages

1. On the File menu, select Print.

2. To print only certain pages, under Pages, do one of the following:

   • To print the page shown in the Quick Preview, select Current Page.

   • To print consecutive pages like 1 -3, select From and enter the first and last page numbers in the From and To boxes.

   • To print individual pages and a range of pages (like page 3, and pages 4-6) at the same time, select Page Range, and enter the page numbers and ranges separated by commas (e.g. 3, 4-6).

   

Print on both sides of the paper

The easiest way to produce double-sided publications is to print them on a printer that supports duplex printing. To find out whether your printer supports duplex (also referred to as double-sided or two-sided) printing, you can check your printer manual or consult your printer manufacturer, or you can do the following:

1. On the File menu, select Print.

2. Select Copies & Pages, and then select Layout.

   

3. Click Two-Sided, and then select Long-Edge binding (to flip pages on the long end) or Short-Edge binding (to flip pages on the short end).

   

If your printer doesn't offer automatic duplex printing, you can follow these steps to manually print on both sides of the paper.

1. On the File menu, select Print.

2. Click Copies & Pages, and then click Microsoft Word.

3. Click Odd pages only.

4. After the odd pages are printed, flip the stack of pages over, reinsert the stack into the printer, repeat steps 1 and 2, and then click Even pages only.

   Depending on the printer model, you might have to rotate and reorder the pages to print the other side of the stack.

Print only odd or even pages

1. On the File menu, select Print.

2. Click Copies & Pages, and then click Microsoft Word.

3. Click Odd pages only or Even pages only.

Print in reverse order

If your printer stacks the output back-to-front, you can still have your pages print in the correct order. Follow these steps to print a document that begins with the last page.

1. On the Word menu, click Preferences.

2. Under Output and Sharing, select Print.

3. Under Print options, select the Reverse print order check box.

Change the page orientation for a document

1. On the Layout tab, select Orientation, and then select Portrait or Landscape.

   

2. On the File menu,select Print.

Change the orientation for specific pages

1. Select all the text on the pages you want to change.

   Tip: To change the orientation for all pages after the cursor, instead of selecting text, click where you want to start the new page orientation. On the Format menu, click Document, click Page Setup, select the orientation you want, and then click OK. Next to Apply to, click This point forward.

2. On the Format menu, select Document > Page Setup.

3. Next to Orientation, select the orientation you want. Next to Apply to, select Selected text or This point forward, and then click OK.

Change the orientation for a specific section

1. To display nonprinting characters, such as paragraph markers (¶), click Show/Hide  on the Home tab.

   

2. Double-click the section break that follows the section you want to change.

   Section breaks look like this:

   

3. Select Page Setup.

4. Next to Orientation, click the orientation you want, and then click OK.

5. Next to Apply to, click This section, and then click OK.

See also

Insert, delete, or change a section break

Print a document

Change paper size

Move, rotate, or group a picture, text box, or other object