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how do i turn a4 poster into 4?

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ginjim
ginjim Posts: 10,078 Forumite
using open office and wish to make smaller copies
can someone explain how i do this please?
cheers:beer:

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  • superscaper
    superscaper Posts: 13,369 Forumite
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    ginjim wrote: »
    using open office and wish to make smaller copies
    can someone explain how i do this please?
    cheers:beer:

    Are you saying you want to print 4 copies of the A4 poster on a single A4?

    If this is the case and it's for printing I'd do it at the stage of printing using the printer software rather than in the word processor.
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  • ginjim
    ginjim Posts: 10,078 Forumite
    yes i guess so
    i want to divide the a4 poster into 4 to make smaller leaflets
  • superscaper
    superscaper Posts: 13,369 Forumite
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    ginjim wrote: »
    yes i guess so
    i want to divide the a4 poster into 4 to make smaller leaflets

    I'd do that when printing then. Much easier than trying to change the format of the page layout in the document itself. Exact procedure and features depends on your printer and printer software.

    E.g. if it was me on my Canon printer I'd just go to Print, Printer Preferences and tick on 4-on-1 printing.
    "She is quite the oddball. Did you notice how she didn't even get excited when she saw this original ZX-81?"
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  • ginjim
    ginjim Posts: 10,078 Forumite
    Cheers got a dell laser printer but now its only priniting one copy in the top left corner not four
  • doing it in word or something, just copy the picture to the document, resize it to a quarter of the page and paste it 3 times, position them on the page and print
  • anamenottaken
    anamenottaken Posts: 4,198 Forumite
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    ginjim wrote: »
    Cheers got a dell laser printer but now its only priniting one copy in the top left corner not four
    Think you need to have four pages of the same poster (prepared as each for A4).
    Then print, selecting 4 to a page. So your four pages all print on the one sheet.

    (If you only have one copy originally then the printer can only print one example on a quarter of the sheet if you have selected 4 to a page.)
  • ginjim
    ginjim Posts: 10,078 Forumite
    Think you need to have four pages of the same poster (prepared as each for A4).
    Then print, selecting 4 to a page. So your four pages all print on the one sheet.

    (If you only have one copy originally then the printer can only print one example on a quarter of the sheet if you have selected 4 to a page.)

    so i copy and paste onto four A4 copies?
    im totally lost now
    im not this easily confused:o
  • Owain_Moneysaver
    Owain_Moneysaver Posts: 11,392 Forumite
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    You copy and paste so you have 4 A4 pages (same thing on every page)

    You then select 4-to-a-page when you print, and you will get pages 1 to 4 of your document on the same sheet of paper.
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  • ginjim
    ginjim Posts: 10,078 Forumite
    thank you it worked
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