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Printing Document
ConceptDraw provides flexible printing options - you can set any size of the printed page, tile the document over several sheets, preview the results before printing.
Before printing, you should prepare the document and set up some printer parameters.
Choosing Paper Size and Printer
To adjust the printer and print page settings, select Print Page Setup from the File menu.
Also you can use the hotkey Ctrl + Shift + P
This will bring up the standard dialog, where you can choose the printer, specify paper size and page orientation, etc.
Document Printing Parameters
The printing parameters of the active document can be specified in the Document Properties dialog (menu File / Document Properties).
On the Page tab you can set the size of a document page.
The Printing tab controls the following parameters:
- paper orientation
- paper placement method (if the document page size is larger than one printer page)
- justification (where the drawing is positioned on the printed page if smaller than one page)
- printed page size:
- the document page may be printed in its actual size,
- or correspond to the current zoom level of the document,
- or be tiled over a necessary number of paper sheets.
Breaking Down the Document into Printer Pages
The drawing area size may often be larger or smaller, than one printer page.
Note, that the document page size and orientation are not always the same, as the printer page:
The document page size is set when the document is created. You can modify it in the Document Properties dialog (File menu) on the Page tab.
The printer page size can be chosen in the Page Setup dialog (choose Print Page Setup from the File menu).
That's why it's important to see how the drawing area will be broken down into printer pages. To do this, enable the Page Breaks option under the View menu. The drawing area will be divided up into page-sized rectangles, shown with thin gray lines. Non-printable areas will be marked in gray
If necessary, you can modify the document parameters ( menu File / Document Properties) and the print settings (menu File / Print Page Setup).
Print Preview
After all settings are done, you can view the representation of the printed document without printing it.
Choose Print Preview from the File menu, or click the Print Preview button on the toolbar.
Also you can use the hotkey Ctrl + Alt + P
Printing
Once the document and printer are properly configured, you can print it by using one of the following ways:
- Click Print in the Print Preview window;
- Click the Print button
 on the toolbar;
- Choose the Print command from the File menu;
- Use the keyboard shortcut: Ctrl + P
The Print dialog will come up with the default printer selected.
In this dialog you can specify the range of pages to print, the number of copies and some other settings.
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