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Specify General Page Setup Options

The Page Setup Editor gives you access to formatting options for printing such as page size, orientation, zoom level, borders, colors, headers, footers, and margins.

Note: When you choose to print all diagrams, the page settings in the Page Setup Editor always take precedence over the page settings of the diagrams.

To set the page settings for printing a model

  1. Click Page Setup on the File menu. You can also select Page Setup to edit the page settings from within the Print dialog.

    The Page Setup Editor opens.

  2. Click the General tab and work with the following options:
    Page Size

    Specifies the page size for the print job. Select a page size from the drop-down menu.

    Note: The page type you specify must be supported by a paper type available at your printer. For example, if you specify A4 as the page size, you must have A4 paper loaded in your printer for the print job to complete.

    Orientation

    Specifies the page orientation. Select Portrait or Landscape from the drop-down menu.

    Zoom Level

    Specifies the zoom level used in the printout. Enter a number in the text box or click the arrow to increase or decrease the zoom level.

    Print Border

    Specifies to print the diagram with a border.

    Print In Color

    Specifies to print the diagram using color. Clear the check box to print in black and white, even if color choices were made in the diagram.

  3. Click the Margins tab and work with the following options:
    Header/Footer

    Specifies elements that appear in the header and footer of your printout. Click in the text box, then click an item on the Header/Footer toolbar to add an element. See Add a Page Header or Footer for more information about setting the header and footer.

    Margins

    Specifies the margin (in inches) for the top, left, right, bottom, header, and footer margins.

  4. (Optional) Select the Keep synchronized with current diagram check box to ensure that the page settings in the Page Setup dialog and that of the diagram remain in sync whenever changes are made.
  5. (Optional) Click Load from Diagram to retrieve the page settings from the diagram. Click Save to Diagram to save the page settings to the diagram.
  6. Click Close.