Print a file

You can print Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides using browsers like Chrome or Safari.

Print in Chrome

Print a document
  1. On your computer, open a document in Google Docs.
  2. Click File and then Print.
  3. In the window that opens, choose your print settings.
  4. Click Print.

Important: If you’re in a pageless document, you can still print. However, your document may appear differently in the preview window:

  • Images will automatically adjust to fit the page width.
  • The page will squeeze wide tables to fit. 
  • If your document was previously in pages format and included headers, footers, watermarks, or footnotes, those elements will still print, even if you can't see them in your pageless doc.

If you want to control what the printed doc will look like, switch back to pages format.

Print a spreadsheet
  1. On your computer, open a spreadsheet in Google Sheets.
  2. Click File and then Print.
  3. Optional: Choose your print settings, like margins or page orientation.
  4. Click Next.
  5. In the window that opens, choose your print settings.
  6. Click Print.

Print or Change the Page Setup

To get an example spreadsheet and follow along with the video, click “Make a Copy” below.

Make a copy

Print a presentation

  1. On your computer, open a presentation in Google Slides.
  2. Click File.
    • Print without changes: Click Print.
    • Adjust orientation: Click Print settings and preview and then in the toolbar, click Handout and then Landscape.
    • Print with speaker notes: Click Print settings and preview and then In the toolbar, click 1 slide with notes.
  3. Click Print.
  4. In the window that opens, choose your print settings.
  5. Click Print.

Print in Firefox or Safari

Print your file as a PDF

  1. On your computer, open the document, presentation, or spreadsheet you want to print.
  2. Click File and then Print.
    • Document or Presentation: A PDF file will automatically download.
    • Spreadsheet: In the window that opens, choose your print settings. and then Click Next. A PDF file will automatically download.
  3. When the download completes, open the file.
  4. In your PDF viewer, go to File and then Print.
  5. In the window that opens, choose your print settings.
  6. Click Print.

Print your file in another file format

  1. On your computer, open the document, spreadsheet, or presentation you want to print.
  2. Click File and then Download.
  3. Select the file format you want.
  4. Find the downloaded file on your computer, and open it.
  5. Print the downloaded file.

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