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# Print

Prints the current document, selection, or the pages that you specify. You can also set the print options for the current document. The printing options can vary according to the printer and the operating system that you use.

To access this command...

#### From the menu bar:

Choose File - Print.

#### From the tabbed interface:

Choose File - Print.

#### From the keyboard:

Command Ctrl+P

#### From toolbars:

Print

The Print dialog consists of three main parts: A preview with navigation buttons, tab pages with control elements specific to the current document type, and the Print, Cancel and Help buttons.

If you just want to know how to print your document, click any of the following links.

Printing text documents:

Selecting What to Print

Printing a Brochure

Previewing a Page Before Printing

Printing Multiple Pages on One Sheet

Printing in Reverse Order

Selecting Printer Paper Trays

Printing spreadsheets:

Defining Print Ranges on a Sheet

Printing Sheet Details

Defining Number of Pages for Printing

Printing Sheets in Landscape Format

Printing Rows or Columns on Every Page

Printing presentations:

Printing Presentations

Printing a Slide to Fit a Paper Size

General printing:

Printing faster with Reduced Data

Printing in Black and White

Selecting the Maximum Printable Area on a Page

The settings that you define in the Print dialog are valid only for the current print job that you start by clicking the Print button. If you want to change some options permanently, open LibreOfficeDev - Preferences Tools - Options - LibreOfficeDev (application name) - Print.

To set the default LibreOfficeDev printer options for text documents, choose LibreOfficeDev - Preferences Tools - Options - LibreOfficeDev Writer - Print.

To set the default LibreOfficeDev printer options for spreadsheet documents, choose LibreOfficeDev - Preferences Tools - Options - LibreOfficeDev Calc - Print.

To set the default LibreOfficeDev printer options for presentation documents, choose LibreOfficeDev - Preferences Tools - Options - LibreOfficeDev Impress - Print.

Press Shift+F1 or choose Help - What's This? and point to any control element in the Print dialog to see an extended help text.

## Preview

The preview shows how each sheet of paper will look. You can browse through all sheets of paper with the buttons below the preview.

### Preview checkbox

Turn on or off display of the print preview.

### Preview navigation box

Enter the number of page to be shown in the preview in the box or use the arrow buttons to display pages in the preview.

🡆 Shows preview of the next page.

⯮ Shows preview of the last page.

🡄 Shows preview of the previous page.

⯬ Shows preview of the first page.

## General

On the General tab page, you find the most important control elements for printing. You can define which contents of your document are to be printed. You can select the printer and open the Printer Settings dialog.

### Printer

The list box shows the installed printers. Click the printer to use for the current print job.

#### Status

Shows the availability of the selected printer.

#### Properties

Opens the Printer Properties dialog. The printer properties vary according to the printer that you select.

### Range and copies

#### All pages

Prints the entire document.

#### Pages

Prints only the pages or slides that you specify in the Pages box.

#### Selection

Prints only the selected area(s) or object(s) in the current document.

To print a range of pages, use a format like 3-6. To print single pages, use a format like 7;9;11. You can print a combination of page ranges and single pages, by using a format like 3-6;8;10;12.

#### Include

Select the subset of pages to print. Possible values are:

- Even pages:

  Prints only even numbered pages or slides.

- Odd pages:

  Prints only odd numbered pages or slides.

- Odd and even pages:

  Prints the entire document.

#### From which

Select the source of sheet content to be printed. Possible values are Print all sheets and Print selected sheets.

#### Paper sides

If the printer is capable of duplex printing it's possible to choose between using only one side of the paper or both.

#### Number of copies

Enter the number of copies that you want to print.

#### Collate

Preserves the page order of the original document.

#### Create separated prints jobs for collated output

Check to not rely on the printer to create collated copies but create a print job for each copy instead.

#### Print in reverse order

Check to print pages in reverse order.

### Page Layout

The Page Layout section can be used to save some sheets of paper by printing several pages onto each sheet of paper. You define the arrangement and size of output pages on the physical paper.

Change the arrangement of pages to be printed on every sheet of paper. The preview shows how every final sheet of paper will look.

For some document types, you can choose to print a brochure.

#### Paper size

Set the paper size you would like to use. The preview will show how the document would look on a paper of the given size.

#### Orientation

Select the orientation of the paper. Possible values are Portrait and Landscape.

#### Pages per sheet

Print multiple pages per sheet of paper. Select how many pages to print per sheet of paper.

### Special case of custom page per sheet

When the number of pages is set to Custom, then the following settings appears:

#### Pages

Select number of rows.

#### By

Select number of columns.

#### Margin

Select margin between the printed pages and paper edge.

#### Distance

Select margin between individual pages on each sheet of paper.

#### Order

Select order in which pages are to be printed.

#### Draw a border on each page

Check to draw a border around each page.

#### Brochure

Select the Brochure option to print the document in brochure format.

Printing a Brochure

## LibreOfficeDev Writer

### Contents

#### Page Background

Specifies whether to print colors and objects that are inserted to the background of the page, which you have specified under Format - Page Style - Background.

#### Images and other graphic objects

Specifies whether the graphics and drawings or OLE objects of your text document are printed.

#### Hidden text

Enable this option to print text that is marked as hidden.

#### Text placeholders

Enable this option to print text placeholders. Disable this option to leave the text placeholders blank in the printout.

#### Form controls

Specifies whether the form control fields of the text document are printed.

#### Comments

Specify where to print comments (if any).

### Color

#### Print text in black

Specifies whether to always print text in black.

### Pages

#### Print automatically inserted blank pages

If this option is enabled automatically inserted blank pages are printed. This is best if you are printing double-sided. For example, in a book, a "chapter" paragraph style has been set to always start with an odd numbered page. If the previous chapter ends on an odd page, LibreOfficeDev inserts an even numbered blank page. This option controls whether to print that even numbered page.

## LibreOfficeDev Calc

### Pages

#### Suppress output of empty pages

If checked empty pages that have no cell contents or draw objects are not printed.

## LibreOfficeDev Impress

### Document

#### Type

Select which parts of the document should be printed.

#### Slides per page

Select how many slides to print per page.

#### Order

Specify how to arrange slides on the printed page.

### Contents

#### Slide name

Specifies whether to print the page name of a document.

#### Date and time

Specifies whether to print the current date and time.

#### Hidden pages

Specifies whether to print the pages that are currently hidden.

### Color

#### Original colors

Specifies to print in original colors.

#### Grayscale

Specifies to print colors as grayscale.

#### Black and white

Specifies to print colors as black and white.

### Size

Specify how to scale slides in the printout.

#### Original size

Specifies that you do not want to further scale pages when printing.

#### Fit to printable page

Specifies whether to scale down objects that are beyond the margins of the current printer so they fit on the paper in the printer.

#### Distribute on multiple sheets of paper

Prints a large format document, such as a poster or banner, by distributing the document page across multiple sheets of paper. The distribution option calculates how many sheets of paper are needed. You can then piece together the sheets.

#### Tile sheet of paper with repeated slides

Specifies that pages are to be printed in tiled format. If the pages or slides are smaller than the paper, repeat the pages or slides on one sheet of paper.

## LibreOfficeDev Draw

### Contents

#### Page name

Specifies whether to print the page name of a document.

#### Date and time

Specifies whether to print the current date and time.

#### Color

##### Original colors

Specifies to print in original colors.

##### Grayscale

Specifies to print colors as grayscale.

##### Black and white

Specifies to print colors as black and white.

#### Size

Specify how to scale slides in the printout.

##### Original size

Specifies that you do not want to further scale pages when printing.

##### Fit to printable page

Specifies whether to scale down objects that are beyond the margins of the current printer so they fit on the paper in the printer.

##### Distribute on multiple sheets of paper

Prints a large format document, such as a poster or banner, by distributing the document page across multiple sheets of paper. The distribution option calculates how many sheets of paper are needed. You can then piece together the sheets.

##### Tile sheet of paper with repeated slides

Specifies that pages are to be printed in tiled format. If the pages or slides are smaller than the paper, repeat the pages or slides on one sheet of paper.

## LibreOfficeDev Math

### Contents

#### Title

Specifies whether you want the name of the document to be included in the printout.

#### Formula text

Specifies whether to include the contents of the Commands window at the bottom of the printout.

#### Borders

Applies a thin border to the formula area in the printout.

### Size

#### Original size

Prints the formula without adjusting the current font size.

#### Fit to page

Adjusts the formula to the page format used in the printout.

#### Scaling

Reduces or enlarges the size of the printed formula by a specified factor.

Enter the scale factor for scaling the formula.

## Unix hints

You can also use the Printer Settings to specify additional printer options.