scaled-up printing a text file

Bob Harris wasn't reading very carefully:

 > In article <smaphole-7CBBE9.19110924042005 RemoveThis @news1.west.earthlink.net>,
 > George Samuels <smaphole RemoveThis @earthlink.net> wrote:
 >
  > > I tried to print a single page text file from TextEdit at double size.
  > > This would require printing 4 sheets of letter-size paper: top-left,
  > > top-right, bottom-left, and bottom-right. The "scale" parameter on the
....
 > Couldn't you just change the font size inside of TextEdit?
 >
 > Format -> Font -> Show Fonts

As above: 4 sheets of paper. The goal is a "virtual page" of 17 x 22
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In article <smaphole-7CBBE9.19110924042005 DeleteThis @news1.west.earthlink.net>,
George Samuels <smaphole DeleteThis @earthlink.net> wrote:

 > I tried to print a single page text file from TextEdit at double size.
 > This would require printing 4 sheets of letter-size paper: top-left,
 > top-right, bottom-left, and bottom-right. The "scale" parameter on the
 > OSX "page setup" dialog provides for the enlargement with a scale
 > setting of 200. But the multi-page logic seems faulty.
 >
 > The text is printed double sized, on two pages. All lines print, but
 > only the left half of each line. So I tried specifying a double-size
 > page: 17 x 22. This produces only one page: the left half of the last
 > lines (at double size). So it seems the combination of TextEdit and OSX
 > 2.8 just can't do what I want.
 >
 > Am I going to have to buy a separate program to print a multipage
 > enlargement? Can anyone suggest the least expensive solution?

George-

I think you're fighting a losing battle with TextEdit. Even with a
full-scale word processor like Word that may have large or custom paper
sizes available, it probably won't spread that page over several sheets of
paper when you print. I think it is easier to do what you want with a
"Draw" program.

Did your computer come with or do you happen to have AppleWorks? This is
a multipurpose program that includes a draw mode that should work. You
choose the size paper your printer uses, but define a drawing surface that
covers as many pages as you need. In addition to text, you can paste in a
photograph and stretch it to cover as many pages as you want. (You hold
down the shift key while stretching to constrain the
horizontal-to-vertical ratio.)

Other "vector graphics" programs such as Claris Draw or MacDraft
(Classic), Corel Draw or Adobe Illustrator should also work.

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