Jason
I have a similar "problem". I need to print 4 small A6 scanned copies of
result cards onto an A4 sheet for ease of printing.
Though my work does not have to be high quality (as even the original
details are quite often messy), the principal can still apply.
Open a new blank Excel document.
Reduce all margins and headers plus footers to zero in PageSetup.
Then select the whole spreadsheet (by clicking near top left corner).
Increase the column width until it reaches the size you want to print
and do the same with the row height.
All cells on the sheet will change at the same time, and you should see
dashed lines where the page breaks fall (for columns and for rows).
You may find the optimum can be found with PageSetup to Landscape
instead of Portrait (but either way some photos can be mounted at 90°).
Now you have the "template", and SaveAs in Template Format "MultiPhoto
sheet" or whatever name you like.
All you have to do then is drag&drop each photo onto the open sheet,
position, and, if necessary, crop, rotate, adjust size to fit within
each cell border.
This is now ready for you to print onto high quality A4 photographic
paper, or do a print "Save to PDF file".
Of course, if you are set up to put 8 photos on one sheet of A4, you can
still enter up to 16 on 2 pages of the same sheet, 48 on 6 pages, etc..
But, if you do that, it is preferable to keep the pages in the same
columns, or same rows, to avoid printing blank sheets.
I found this very simple to do, but having looked at what I have just
typed, it seems much more complicated and long-winded than it really is!!
Keith
P.S. Not sure what is meant by 3 x 5 and 6 x 4.
I assume they are dimensions in inches, rather than number per sheet of
A4, as you imply that the latter is larger in size than the former.
Or do you want centimetres? My mentioned method will cover either size.
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Jason Davies wrote:
I want about 100 photos printed 3 x 5. it is proving very difficult!
firstly all the walk-in places seem to do 6 x 4 as the smallest.
Online services seem unpredictable (windows only, another I registered
with but the confirmation hasn't arrived etc etc). The iPhoto built-in
requires me to specify 1 of each of the 100 and seems only to be
willing to send me 4 copies for 84p each (wasteful and very expensive)...
does anyone know of a walk-in place that can do this? or an online
service that does this size and actually works?;)
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