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Page set up

The Page set up... command is used to set the page margins and allocate space for optional headers and footers.

You can also choose whether you want left and right page margins to be the same, or to be reflected on facing pages, and whether headers and footers should be the same or different on left and right pages.

The page size and minimum margin sizes used by EasiWriter are determined by the printer driver you are using. Some drivers let you change these values.

Left and right hand pages are shown to scale, with a dimmed (left) and solid (right) rectangle representing the typing area. The header and footer area (if allocated) is shown inside the typing area.

The size of the typing area (dimensions between the margins) is shown in the top left hand corner of the dialogue box.

The Page set up dialogue box

To change the unit of measurement

You can use different units for left & right margins and top & bottom margins:

in inches to two decimal places.
cm centimetres to one decimal place.
mm millimetres to one decimal place.
pt points.
pc picas in unit of 12 points i.e. 6p5.
dd Didot points.
cc ciceros.

Note: Use Select to scroll forwards or Adjust to scroll backwards.

To change the margins

1 Edit the values shown in the top, bottom, left or right writable icons, or

1 Move the pointer over the margin you wish to move.
(The margins are represented in a scaled view of the typing area in the right hand page view in the dialogue box).

2 Drag the margin to its new position.

Different left & right pages

To allocate space for headers and footers

1 Click on the Header/footer option icon.

2 Edit the values shown in the top and/or bottom writable icons.
or

2 Drag the Top or Bottom margin to its new position.

To change the paper margins

EasiWriter uses the page size and graphics margins that have been set by the printer driver. Some printer drivers allow you to change the size and the margin settings.

To change the size and margins:

  1. Click Menu over the printer driver icon in the icon bar and choose Edit paper sizes....
  2. The Paper size dialogue box will appear:

  3. Edit the Page type, Page height and width and the Graphics margins.

The Text margins are not used by EasiWriter.

Show paper limits

Normally when printing, there is an area around the edges of the paper where the printer cannot physically print, due to the nature of the paper feed mechanism and the travel of the print head. In the printer manager's Paper size dialogue, these are specified as the Graphics Margins. When a print driver has been loaded, EasiWriter obtains the graphics margins and if the 'Show paper limits' button is set in the Margins setup... dialogue, it will shade in the areas on which it is not possible to print (according to the chosen paper).

Print Options...

The Print Options... dialogue lets you choose the page size on which the document will be printed.

It is not advisable to choose a page size larger than that of the paper on which the document will be printed. Setting a smaller page size can sometimes be useful (see crop marks, below).

Landscape/Portrait

If the page is to be printed sideways (landscape) on the page, the Sideways orientation check box should be set.

With Sideways orientation unchecked the page will be upright (Portrait).

Page layout

The Page layout buttons control how many pages are to be printed on each sheet of paper. Two pages per sheet is described in Pamphlet printing below.

Scale

The Scale percentage is applied to the printed output, and is typically used where the printed copy will be photo-reduced. This manual is A5 (148·5mm × 210mm) but was output on a 600 dots per inch LaserWriter on A4 (210mm × 297mm) by setting the Scale percentage to 141%.

Before printing the A4 pages were photo-reduced back to A5 which had the effect of improving the resolution to 846 dots per inch.

Reflect print

The Reflect print option causes the printed output to be mirrored right to left. This is used when printing to film, to control whether the image is recorded on the front or back surface.

Crop marks

The Print crop marks check box controls whether crop marks are printed at the corners of pages, or pairs of pages if 2 pages/sheet is set. For crop marks to be printed properly, it is necessary that the physical sheet of paper is larger than the document page by at least the paper limits on all four sides. The Show paper limits option in the Margins setup dialogue will show whether this is the case.

Single sided print

Normally EasiWriter assumes that you will be printing multi-page documents on both sides of the paper, so that:

  1. Crop marks (if requested) are suppressed on the reverse pages.
  2. Reverse pages are printed at the top right of the sheet, if the specified paper size is smaller than the physical sheet, to match the front pages at the top left.
  3. When either 'Left pages', 'Right pages' or 'Pause between pages' is set in the Print dialogue, a blank page will feed through the printer if necessary, to ensure the same number of front and reverse sheets are printed. Note that if a limited page range is specified in this case (by changing the default the 'Start page' and/or 'End page'), the reverse of all the specified pages will be printed even though some of these pages may be outside the specified range.

If, for example, you are printing to film, so that reverse pages are printed separately from their fronts, or you want to print only on the fronts of sheets, the Single sided print check box should be ticked to cancel the above actions.

Pamphlet printing

Pamphlet printing lets you print a document with two pages, side by side, on a single sheet of paper which you can then fold to create a pamphlet, or a booklet if several sheets of paper are folded together.

To create a pamphlet.

  1. Choose a page size that is one size down from the size of paper you have in your printer. i.e. A5 for A4. Use the Paper size pop-up in Print options form the Misc menu.
  2. Select the Pamphlet (2 sheets/page) printing option.

Alternatively, to convert existing documents:

  1. Choose the Pamphlet (2 sheets/page) option.
  2. Let EasiWriter reduce the scale of the document so that two full pages will now fit on one side of a folded page. Normally this will be 71% but may vary depending on the printer.

Section size

If your document is to form a book, made up by binding together a number of sections (small 'booklets' normally consisting of 4 or 8 folded sheets), the Section size check box should be set on, and the number of sheets per section specified. The value is the number of physical sheets of (double-sided) paper. Thus, for example, assuming Pamphlet (2 pages/sheet) is set, 4 sheets per section means that each section consists of 16 pages (4 double sided sheets with two pages on each side). The first section contains pages 1 through 16, the second section 17 through 32, etc. Note that the final section may consist of less than the specified number of sheets.


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