Defining Page Setup

This section describes how to define the page settings for your chart.

To define page setup:

1        Click the File tab and select Print | Page Setup to display the Page Setup dialog box.

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2        In the Page tab, define the following:

·         Orientation: Select Portrait or Landscape.

·         Scaling: Defines the number pages your chart should be allowed to span. Select from the following options:

·       Adjust to: Specify the percentage of actual size in which the chart should be printed.

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·       Fit to: Specify the number of pages over which the chart should span.

·     Uniform Scaling for all sub-charts: Apply the same scaling to all sub-charts. Uniform scaling ensures that every chart box has the same scaling in the printed output.

·       Uniform Scaling for all master page elements: Apply the same scaling to the master page based the percentage you specify in the Scale to: drop-down. Uniform scaling ensures that every master page elements has the same scaling on each printed page. This is an important option when sub-charts or chart tabs within a project are printed using multiple print jobs.

·       Include an Overlap Between Chart Pages: Enables the printed pages of charts that span multiple pages to overlap in order to facilitate binding to a final document.

·       Print comments as displayed on charts: If the chart contains comments, this option will print the comments as they are displayed on the chart.

·         Paper Size: Define the paper size.

·         Page Order: Select the order in which the pages of the chart are printed:

·   Down, then Over : Prints the left-most segments first, from top down.

·   Over, then Down : Prints the top-most segments first, from left to right.

·         Apply to: Specify whether these settings apply to the Entire Project or only the Current Chart.

3        Select the Margins tab.

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4        Define the margin settings as follows:

·         Margins: Enter the minimum values for the Top, Left, Right and Bottom margins. You can also set margins by dragging margin lines in the Page Setup dialog box.

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·         Use the Minimum Margins for this Printer: Select this option to use the minimum margin settings for your printer.

·         Center Chart on Page: Select how to center the chart content on each page. Select Horizontally or Vertically or both.

·         Apply to: Specify whether these settings apply to the Entire Project or only the Current Chart.

5        Click OK to save your settings and close the dialog box.

Note: The Options button allows you to modify printer-specific settings.