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How to print even/odd pages only in Excel?

Author: Sun Last Modified: 2020-09-11

In Excel work, you may usually need to print pages, and in default, you can print selection, print the whole workbook, or print specified pages, such as from page 1 to 3, but do you know how to print only even pages or odd pages of the active workbook? In this article, I introduce the tricks to help you only print even or odd pages only in Excel workbook.

Print even/odd pages only with VBA

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arrow blue right bubble Print even/odd pages only with VBA

In Excel, if you want to print only even or odd pages, you can apply a VBA to get it done.

1. Press Alt + F11 keys to open Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

2. And click Insert > Module, then paste below VBA code to the new Module window.

VBA: Print even or odd pages only

Sub PrintOddEven()
'UpdatebyKutoolsforExcel20160105
    Dim xPages As Long
    Dim xFPage As Variant
    Dim Page As Integer
    xPages = Application.ExecuteExcel4Macro("GET.DOCUMENT(50)")
    xFPage = Application.InputBox("Enter 1 for odd pages, enter 2 for even pages", "Kutools for Excel", , , , , , 1)
    If TypeName(xFPage) = "Boolean" Then Exit Sub
    If xFPage > 0 Then
        xFPage = Abs((xFPage Mod 2) - 2)
        For Page = xFPage To xPages Step 2
            ActiveSheet.PrintOut Page, Page
        Next
    End If
End Sub

3. Press F5 to execute the VBA, and enter 1 to print all odd pages, or enter 2 to print all even pages in the popping Kutools for Excel dialog. See screenshot:
doc print odd even 1

4. Click OK, and the only the odd pages or even pages are printing.

arrow blue right bubble Print specific pages with Kutools for Excel

If you are not familiar with VBA code, you can apply Kutools for Excel's Print Specific Pages utility, it can quickly print the specific pages only as you need, such as print odd/even pages only, print 5-12 pages only.

Kutools for Excel, equipped with AI 🤖, offers over 300 handy features to simplify your tasks.

After installing Kutools for Excel, please do as below:(Free Download Kutools for Excel Now!)

Click Kutools Plus > Printing > Print Specific Pages, and in the popping dialog, check Odd pages or Even Pages option as you need. See screenshot:
doc print odd even 4

Click Ok. and then only the odd pages or even pages have been printing.

Note:If you want to print certain pages, such as page 2 to page 5, you can check Custom range option and enter 2-5 into the textbox. See screenshot:
doc print odd even 4

Tip. If you want to have a free trial of the Print Specific Pages function, please go to free download Kutools for Excel first, and then go to apply the operation according above steps.



arrow blue right bubble Print first page of each worksheet with Kutools for Excel

If there are multiple sheets in your open workbook, and now you want to print all the first page of each worksheet only, in this case, you can apply the Print First Page of Each Worksheet utility of Kutools for Excel to quickly get it done.

After installing Kutools for Excel, please do as below:(Free Download Kutools for Excel Now!)

Enable the workbook you want to print first page of every sheet, and click Kutools Plus > Printing > Print First Page of Each Worksheet. See screenshot:
doc print odd even 5

Then all the first page of each sheet are printing.

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