That usually-but not always-means landscape mode. This may seem obvious, but check the orientation before you print. LEARN MORE: Office 365 Consumer pricing and features How to check the orientation before printing Excel spreadsheets Whatever went wrong, you can avoid many printing problems in Excel by following certain tips, such as tweaking the margins, setting the print area, scaling the sheet to print, and choosing the right sheet options.įor these steps, I'm using Excel 365 as part of an Office 365 subscription, but most of the advice here applies to the past couple of versions of Excel as well. Perhaps a certain section of your spreadsheet never printed or the spreadsheet took too many pages to print. Maybe it printed in portrait mode when it should've printed landscape. You've just sent an Excel spreadsheet to your printer, but when you check it, you discover that the spreadsheet didn't print right.