Tip of the Week: The Easy Way to Print a Page Range

This InDesign tip on the easy way to print a page range in InDesign was sent to Tip of the Week email subscribers on January 19, 2017.

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You might know that you can print a range of pages from a document by typing in the range in the Print dialog box.

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But this can be tedious and lead to errors, especially if you’ve added section prefixes to your pages (which must be typed in the Range field). Happily, there’s a much quicker and easier way to tell InDesign which pages you want to print.

Just select the pages you want to print in the Pages panel. You can Shift-click to select a contiguous range, or Ctrl/Command-click to select (or deselect) individual pages.

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Then, from the Pages panel menu, choose Print Pages.

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You can also right-click on any page in the panel and choose Print Pages from the menu at your cursor.

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The Print dialog box opens up and the range is already inserted for you!

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Note: If you’re working with a non-facing pages document, the command will appear as “Print Spreads” instead of “Print Pages”, but it works just the same.

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This article was last modified on August 8, 2019

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