Are all the calculations there?
Is the formatting of cells complete?
Are all explanations and comments in place, especially what you meant to have visible on the printed sheet(s).
Excel may count cells as part of the spreadsheet that you thought you got rid of. This can happen if you have data and format it and then remove the data. The cells may look
empty but they still have formatting assigned. Excel may count these cells as part of the
spreadsheet. Deleting the cells rather than deleting the contents of the cells avoids this
particular problem.
Check that all formulas work. Verify that each formula does what you meant it to do!
Do you need to recalculate all sheets that will print to make sure values have been updated after changes? Press the F9 key to do that.
If you can't move the page
breaks, you have grouped several sheets together. Check the sheet tabs. Right click on one and choose Ungroup if they were
grouped
Check the settings on all four tabs in the Page Setup dialog for each sheet to avoid surprises.
Set Scaling or fit the spreadsheet to a certain number of pages wide and/or tall.
Scaling ignores your page breaks.Choose whether to center the spreadsheet horizontally or vertically or both on the page.
Footer-
Check for overlapping sections in the header and footer.
Do you want Draft quality?
Do you want to print in black and white only?
If you set a Print Area, that area is considered the whole
sheet for printing! Nothing outside the Print Area will print, no matter what other choices you make.Check the number of pages that will print, in the Status bar.
Check for header/footer overlapping the cells.
Check that the columns and rows are printing on the pages that you meant for them to print on.
Pick a printer and the number of copies.
Pick what to print
- selection, active sheet(s), the whole workbook, or just certain pages. (Be sure you looked at Page Break Preview or Print Preview!)