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# Slide Properties Page Properties

Allows you to define page layouts for single and multiple-page documents, as well as a numbering and paper formats.

To access this command...

Choose Slide - Properties - Slide tab

Choose Page - Properties - Page tab.

Choose Format - Page Style - Page tab.

Choose View - Styles (Command+T) (F11) - open context menu of a page style entry and choose New/Edit Style - Page tab.

Choose Format - Page Style - Page tab.

Choose View - Styles (Command+T) (F11) - open context menu of a page style entry and choose New/Edit Style - Page tab.

Choose Format - Page Style - Page tab (Writer).

Selecting the Maximum Printable Area on a Page

## Paper format

Select from a list of predefined paper sizes, or define a custom paper format.

### Format

Select a predefined paper size, or create a custom format by entering the dimensions for the paper in the Height and Width boxes.

Slides formats "On Screen Show (4:3)", "On Screen Show (16:9)" and "On Screen Show (16:10)" are used for Microsoft PowerPoint interoperability.

### Width

Displays the width of the selected paper format. To define a custom format, enter a width here.

### Height

Displays the height of the selected paper format. To define a custom format, enter a height here.

### Orientation

Select paper orientation for display and print.

#### Portrait

Displays and prints the current document with the paper oriented vertically.

#### Landscape

Displays and prints the current document with the paper oriented horizontally.

### Text direction

Select the text direction that you want to use in your document. The "right-to-left (vertical)" text flow direction rotates all layout settings to the right by 90 degrees, except for the header and footer.

Text direction only appears if Asian or Complex text layout is set in LibreOfficeDev - Preferences Tools - Options - Language Setting - Languages.

### Preview Field

Displays a preview of the current selection.

### Paper tray

Select the paper source for your printer. If you want, you can assign different paper trays to different page styles. For example, assign a different tray to the First Page style and load the tray with your company's letterhead paper.

## Margins

Specify the amount of space to leave between the edges of the page and the document text.

### Left / Inner

Enter the amount of space to leave between the left edge of the page and the document text. If you are using the Mirrored page layout, enter the amount of space to leave between the inner text margin and the inner edge of the page.

### Right / Outer

Enter the amount of space to leave between the right edge of the page and the document text. If you are using the Mirrored page layout, enter the amount of space to leave between the outer text margin and the outer edge of the page.

### Gutter

Enter the amount of space to leave between the left edge of the page and the left margin. If you are using the Mirrored page layout, enter the amount of space to leave between the inner page margin and the inner edge of the page.

### Top

Enter the amount of space to leave between the upper edge of the page and the document text.

### Bottom

Enter the amount of space to leave between the lower edge of the page and the document text.

## Layout settings

### Page layout

Specify whether the current style should show odd pages, even pages, or both odd and even pages.

#### Right and left

The current page style shows both odd and even pages with left and right margins as specified.

#### Mirrored

The current page style shows both odd and even pages with inner and outer margins as specified. Use this layout if you want to bind the printed pages like a book. Enter the binding space as the "Inner" margin.

#### Only right

The current page style shows only odd (right) pages. Even pages are shown as blank pages.

#### Only left

The current page style shows only even (left) pages. Odd pages are shown as blank pages.

### Slide Page Numbers

Select the slide numbering format that you want to use for the current slide style.

Select the page numbering format that you want to use for the current page style.

### Reference Style

Select the Paragraph Style that you want to use as a reference for lining up the text on the selected Page style. The height of the font that is specified in the reference style sets the spacing of the vertical page grid.

### Use page line-spacing

Aligns the text on the selected Page Style to a vertical page grid. The spacing of the grid is defined by the Reference Style.

### Gutter position

Allows choosing if the current document's gutter shall be positioned at the left of the document's pages (default) or at top of the document's pages when the document is displayed.

### Table alignment

Specify the alignment options for the cells on a printed page.

#### Horizontal

Centers the cells horizontally on the printed page.

#### Vertical

Centers the cells vertically on the printed page.

### Fit object to paper format

Resizes the drawing objects so that they fit on the paper format that you select. The arrangement of the drawing objects is preserved.

Related Topics

Changing measurement units

Printing with Page line-spacing (register-true)

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