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How can I crop white margins, when I print a 1 column Word document as 2 pages per sheet?

My Word 2019 document has just 1 column, and I don't want to convert it into 2 columns. When you command Word to print 2 pages per sheet, Word doesn't let you shrink the white margins. I'm using ANSI Letter as the paper size.
How can I improve my inefficient workaround? I print my Word document as 2 pages per sheet, and save it as a PDF. Then using Adobe Acrobat, I crop most of the white blank margin on PDF, before printing.
How can I accomplish this with **just Word, without Adobe Acrobat?**
~~[![enter image description here][1]][1]~~
[1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/bWcbP.jpg
Here are the margins of a new Word document for me.
~~![](https://i.imgur.com/1cROKQ5.jpg)~~

My Word 2019 document has just 1 column, and I don't want to convert it into 2 columns. When you command Word to print 2 pages per sheet, Word doesn't let you shrink the white margins. I'm using ANSI Letter as the paper size.
How can I improve my inefficient workaround? I print my Word document as 2 pages per sheet, and save it as a PDF. Then using Adobe Acrobat, I crop most of the white blank margin on PDF, before printing.
How can I accomplish this with **just Word, without Adobe Acrobat?**
[![page with two columns and lot of whitespace][1]][1]
[1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/bWcbP.jpg
Here are the margins of a new Word document for me.
![Microsoft Word default margins](https://i.imgur.com/1cROKQ5.jpg)

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