In order to save some money and the Planet, try creating PDF documents which have two pages per A4 sheet. This is easy to do in Microsoft Word.

Convert a Microsoft Word document to a PDF with two pages per A4 sheet

  1. Create a new document in Microsoft Word
  2. Spend your day adding words and tables etc – and generally doing some work.
    1. Remember to Save the document regularly!
  3. When you have finished with your document then you can create a PDF copy
  4. Go to File >> Print
  5. Select the printer – Microsoft Print to PDF
  6. And then select 2 Pages Per Sheet
  7. Now Click Print
  8. You will be prompted to Save the document – so give it a name and save it to your Documents folder or at least somewhere you can find it again!

You now have a PDF with two pages per an A4 sheet

If you now open the new PDF in a PDF reader you will see that there are two pages side by side.

  1. Send the PDF to Mobile.Print@queens.ox.ac.uk
  2. Then go to the Moffatt Room or Library to release the print job
  3. You can save even more paper and cost if you print the document double-sided (Duplex).
    1. We would recommend you select flip on Short-Edge, otherwise your pages will be upside-down.

Hope this proves useful!