Shrink to fit in Word

Text is one line too longIf your document is just a little bit longer than one page, how can you shrink it to fit?

We've seen customer questions asking where this feature is in Word 2010.

Answer: It's in the command well. And you can pluck it from there and add it to the ribbon.

In an earlier post on customizing the ribbon, I showed you how to create custom tabs and groups. I created a custom tab called Writing and added a Print group to it. Now, I can add the Shrink One Page command to my Printing group. (For the all the details on creating custom groups and tabs, see Customize the ribbon.)

To start, click  the File tab, click Options, and click Customize Ribbon.

In the Choose commands from list, click All Commands.

All Commands

Scroll through that long list until you reach Shrink One Page, and then click it.

Shrink One Page command

Under Customize the ribbon, click the custom group where you want to add the command. In my case, I'll click the plus sign next to my custom Writing tab and then I'll click my custom Printing group.

Custom group on a custom tab

Click Add, and then click OK.

Now, the Shrink One Page command is on the ribbon.

Shrink One Page command on the ribbon

-- Joannie Stangeland

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  • RUSSIAN !!   У меня проблема.  зашел к кампьютерщикам в "бест бай" -сказали ,что этот "баг" от  майкрософт .  Что за "баг" ?  Русский "он скрин киборт" тяжело подключается к другим программам. Внизу "РУ" меняется на "ЕН" , а уиндоу "" не реагирует. Вхожу на "ЮТУБ" , вывожу  " он скрин киборт"-не могу переключить на русский при правильном включении программы. Т.е. с "ЕН" переключилось на "РУ" ,а  маленькое уиндоу ( буквы) не поменялись на русский , хотя клавиши печатуют русский.

  • I'm not sure the translation I'm getting is good, but I think you can find information here: office.microsoft.com/.../CH010369706.aspx. I tried looking for the bug you mention, but I haven't found it yet.

    -- Joannie

  • Thank you so much for your explanation of how to get Shrink One Page onto the ribbon. It took me a while, but it's there now.

  • Wow, that is nice idea. I use to change line spacing instead. Usually 0.9 does the trick.

  • Belle,

    Glad it helped.

    Mike,

    This way you don't have to change the actual document. It's a little sneaky.

    -- Joannie

  • For other ways to "make it fit," see word.mvps.org/.../FitCopy.htm. My favorite is condensing the font by 0.1 points. I have a special toolbar button to do just this.

  • Good tip, and thanks for the link, Suzanne.

    -- Joannie

  • Made it easy to follow thanks! Just getting used to Office 2010...maybe I start recommending it!!!

  • Thank you for the clear, and easy to follow directions Joannie. I quickly added this tool to my Page Layout ribbon.

  • Dear Sean,

    I'm glad it helped. And I'm happy to hear that you're customizing the ribbon!

    -- Joannie

  • Shrink to fit: select the text or use Ctrl-A, then use the shrink font button in the font group. Works quickly and easily.

  • Dear Judith--

    Another good tip. Thanks!

    -- Joannie

  • This tip will be very helpful to me.  Thanks!

  • This help me out a lot. Thank you

  • I am not sure of this but I am learning

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