Print to larger sheet size

I set several pages of nonstandard (small) sheets in pages. I assumed I could print on larger stock and then trim them down to size. Pages doesn't seem to support this. Anyone done it before? I still have iwork '05. thanks.
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I've been doing something similar. Here's what I'd recommend for you.
1. Choose File > Print… for the document you have made in Pages, without worrying about the paper size being wrong.
2. Click the Preview button. Your document opens in Preview as a print preview/pdf.
Do not click the Print button. Instead:
3. Choose File > Page Setup….
4. Choose the larger paper size you are using.
5. Choose File > Print…. Fill in your settings and click print. The original paper-sized version should be centred on the larger paper size.
Alternatively you might work out something else that works that involves setting the Scale when you go File > Page Setup… for your Pages document.
Oh actually, I just noticed something which might work better than the two ideas I just gave. It requires 10.4, which you have, so I should probably delete what I wrote above but it was work to write and maybe this way won't work for you or something. But try this first:
1. In the Print sheet for your Pages document, show the "Paper Handling" options (use the pop-up menu which normally says "Copies & Pages" to get to it).
2. Under "Destination Paper Size" click "Scale to fit paper size " and choose your larger stock paper size.
3. Put a tick on "Scale down only". This is so it won't actually scale up.
4. Click Print!
Ryan
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ric frankland wrote:
whilst it's still a numbers document i need to easily check and uncheck boxes through, and they connect to formulas... so not sure check/tick characters will do the job.
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