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Tip 94: Plus-Size Maps
Sunday, May 2; Page E03
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"Since we will be driving on our first tour of Ireland this spring, I bought a map to plan routes," says tipster Kathleen Collins of Silver Spring. "I copied the parts that I needed so that I didn't have to keep unfolding the whole thing, and accidentally copied at 150 percent to 11x17. What a glorious mistake! I could see in much greater detail. I highly recommend that anyone planning to navigate a foreign land copy the sections relevant to each day's drive. If you fold the map to an 8x11 segment and copy at 150 percent to 11x17, it makes it a lot easier to navigate."
Besides aiding the map-impaired, Collins's tip should also come in handy for the 40-and-over set – you know, the ones who find themselves holding various printed documents out at arm's length, just like they used to laugh at their parents for doing. Collins wins an "I'm a Great Tipper!" T-shirt for sharing her tip. Want a shirt of your own? Enlarge the fine print below.
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