Printing

First, the options you have when printing strongly depend on the printer you have. That being said, there are still many options that are available in most printers. Let's look at those. Reasons to change printing options:

  • Previewing what your document will look like when it prints.
  • You only want to print part of a file, document or web pages.
  • You want to print the page sideways (landscape).
  • Printing multiple copies of a document.
  • Changing paper size...letter and legal and A4, oh my.
These are only a few of the printing options you have on a basic printer. These functions may change depending on program also. We will get into those special options in program specific tutorials.

Learning these options can save you a lot of paper, ink and time. Roll the presses!

Previewing what your document will look like when it prints:
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You have a file open. You want to print it. You really wish you could see what it would look like when you print it. Will it be on one page? Which direction will it print in? Is it worth risking the ink? Worse yet think of the trees. Preview.

  1. Left click on File on the menu bar.
  2. Click on Print Preview.
  3. Looks ok. Click on the picture of the printer.
  4. Doesn't look good, play with the options. Here they are.
You only want to print part of a file, document or web pages:
We already did this one. Checkout the highlighting/selecting text tutorial.

You want to print the page sideways (landscape).
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Especially useful when printing spreadsheets, charts and pictures.
  1. Click on File on the menu bar.
  2. Click on Print.
  3. Click on Preferences.
  4. Select the landscape option.
  5. Click "Ok"
  6. Click Print.
  7. Now just sit back and enjoy the landscape.
Printing multiple copies of a document.
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Need a few extra copies of that document. No problem.
  1. Click on File on the menu bar.
  2. Click on Print.
  3. Increase the number of copies.
  4. Click Print.
Changing paper size...letter and legal and A4, oh my.
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So you figure they have all these different paper sizes for a reason and maybe you should use them. Fine.
  1. Click on File on the menu bar.
  2. Click on Print.
  3. Click on Properties.
  4. Select the paper size. It may be on another tab than the first one. This section strongly depends on the printer.
Ok. Now you know how to print like a pro. Document Away!

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