WD2000: Printing a Range of Pages in a Multiple-Section Document

In Word, you can create a multiple-section document with different page numbering in each section. To specify a page or a range of pages to print, you must supply both the page and section number of the range you want to print. In a multiple-section document that contains more than a single page 1, Word cannot determine which "page 1" to print unless you also supply a section number.

To print a range of pages across sections, use the following syntax in the Pages box:

For example, to print page 5 of section 3 through page 2 of section 4, type "p5s3-p2s4" (without the quotation marks).

To print nonadjacent pages or nonadjacent sections, type the page and section numbers, separated by a comma (,). For example, to print sections 3 and 5 (not section 4), type "s3,s5" (without the quotation marks). To print pages 2 through 5 of section 3 and pages 1 through 4 of section 5, type "p2s3-p5s3,p1s5-p4s5" (without the quotation marks).

The steps to print a page or range of pages in Word are detailed below.

1. Scroll to the page where you want to start printing, and click anywhere within the margins.
2. Note the page and section number as shown on the status bar.
3. Scroll to the last page you want to include in the print selection, and click anywhere within the margins.
4. Note the page and section number as shown on the status bar.
5. On the File menu, click Print.
6. Select Pages and type the range using the syntax p#s#-p#s# in the box.
7. Click OK to print the range.

For additional information about how to print a range of pages in a multiple-section document in Word 2002, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: