In Microsoft Office Visio, the drawing page size and printer paper size are set separately. You can set a drawing page size that is the same as, larger than, smaller than, or has a different orientation from the printer paper.
Match the drawing size to the printer paper size
- On the File menu, click Page Setup.
- Click the Page Size tab, and under Page size, select the Same as printer paper size option.
Set the drawing page size
- Click the page tab of the foreground or background page you want to resize.
- On the File menu, click Page Setup.
- Click the Page Size tab, and under Page size, click the drawing page size you want.
The drawing page size is set for the page that is currently displayed. If the page has any background pages assigned, you must set the background page size separately.
Tips
Check the preview to see how your drawing fits on the printer paper.
If your drawing page size is larger than your printer paper size, your drawing is printed, or tiled, across multiple pages. To make a drawing fit on smaller printer paper, click the Print Setup tab and under Fit to, type 1 into both boxes.
Resize the drawing page by dragging the page edges
- Click the Pointer tool
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- Position the pointer at the edge of the page, and then press the CTRL key.
The pointer changes to a double-headed arrow 
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- Drag the page edge to where you want it.
Automatically resize the drawing page to fit the shapes on the page
- On the File menu, click Page Setup.
- Click the Page Size tab, and then click Size to fit drawing contents.
The drawing page size changes to fit the drawing without any surrounding white space. On the screen, it may appear as though you zoomed in on the drawing.
Set the printer paper size
- On the File menu, click Page Setup.
- On the Print Setup tab, under Paper size, click the paper size you want.
The printer paper size is set for the current page.
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