Easily reduce the text of your documents protruding on the second page to fit on one page using a hidden feature in Microsoft Word.
Creating a single page document in Word is not always easy. Getting a result on a single page as you imagined is nowhere near as easy as it sounds. Even if you play with the Font, its size, and leading, there will still be an element that ends up shifted and relegated to a second page. This kind of mishap is especially true when it comes to making, for example, a resume in Word.
But rather than playing the sorcerer’s apprentice trying painfully to fit everything on one page, you can ask Word to do it for you. Microsoft’s word processing software natively comes with a feature capable of doing the maneuver for you.
Unknown to users, the function Collapse text to fit is hidden deep within Word and requires a little manipulation to activate. Once in place, one click is all it takes for the text displayed on two pages to fit and fit on one.
Be careful, however, the function does not work miracles, and only a few lines that overflow on a second page can be reduced to fit on one.
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1. Customize the quick access bar
Open your Word document, and click on the button to Customize the quick access bar. On Windows, this button is represented by a small arrow pointing downwards, while on macOS, the button takes the form of three small dots.
Once the menu is open, go to Other commands.
2. Add an order
In the window of Word Options displayed, expand the Common Commands drop-down menu, displayed on the left in the Choose commands from the following categories, and choose All Commands instead.
Scroll down the long list of commands and select Minimize One Page. Now click on the Add button displayed in the center of the window to add this command to the quick access bar. Then validate by clicking on OK.
3. Reduce your document
Now that the feature has been added to Word’s quick access bar, click the Minimize One Page icon, represented by two pages and a small arrow.
If the amount of text is not too much, Microsoft Word automatically adjusts and shrinks the text in your document to fit on one page.