Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007 Inside Out

Using Print Preview

The Print Preview feature gives you a glimpse of your worksheets the way they will look on paper. Although Page Layout view is generally better at helping you visualize your printed pages, it still displays your entire worksheet. Even if you specify smaller areas to print using the Print Area button or the equivalent settings in the Page Setup dialog box, Page Layout view displays everything and indicates your defined print areas using dotted lines. Using Print Preview displays only what will be printed and nothing more, including the effects of page breaks, margins, and formatting, before you needlessly waste paper with multiple test printouts. To access Print Preview, use one of the following methods:

• Click the Microsoft Office ...