Massive Printouts

Ever had this happen to you? You run a print job and are surprised to get 22 pages of output. That would have been fine, except you were expecting one or two at the most. Problem is, most of the pages that came out of the printer are empty!

The problem is most likely that you mistakenly selected a cell at a distant column and row and bumped into your Space Bar. That leaves no visible signs, but Excel thinks you want to print this space. The solution is as simple as this:

1. Press Ctrl+End. Excel moves to the cell it thinks is at the lower-right corner of your data.
2. If there is nothing else in that column, delete the column.
3. If there is something in the column, but nothing else in that row, delete the row.
4. Click on the Print Preview tool on the toolbar. Hopefully you are back to your expected number of pages.
5. Print your worksheet as normal.