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Print Setup Dialog

11.2. Print Setup Dialog

The Print Setup dialog can be used to configure various printing options. Click on File->Print Setup to open the Print Setup dialog.

This dialog consists of four tabs, described in detail below. At the bottom of the dialog you will find the following buttons:

It is important to understand that Print Setup dialog sets the options for printing the current workbook (see below for multi-sheet workbooks). These options are part of the workbook; they are saved when you save the workbook and loaded when you open a workbook. For example, assume that you are currently working with workbook Workbook1 and set in Print Setup dialog Orientation: landscape, then save the workbook. If you open Workbook1 later and print it, it will be printed using landscape orientation. However, if you open another workbook (say, Workbook2) and print it, it will be printed using orientation which was set for Workbook2 (most probably, portrait).

For multi-sheet workbooks, Print Setup dialog actually sets print options for current sheet only, without affecting other sheets. For example, assume that have a workbook with two sheets, Sheet 1 and Sheet 2, and you want to have Sheet 2 printed at 80% scale (otherwise it does not fit on one page). To do so, switch to Sheet 2, open Print Setup dialog, select in it scale 80% and click Save. Now whenever you print Sheet 2, it will be printed at 80% scale; whenever you print Sheet 1, it will still be printed at 100%.

Finally, if you are printing more than one sheet in a multi-sheet workbook (for example, when printing the whole workbook), then all of them will be printed using the print setup options of the currently selected sheet. Thus, in the example of the previous paragraph, if you are printing both sheets at once (by selecting All in Print Sheets dialog), then the scale used will depend on which sheet is currently active. If Sheet 1 is the current sheet, then both sheets will be printed at 100%; if Sheet 2 is the current sheet, then both sheets will be printed at 80%.

11.2.3. Headers and Footers Tab

This tab allows you to set headers (text printed on top of the page) and footers (text printed at the bottom of the page). You can use the drop-down lists to select from one of standard styles or select Customize.. to create your own style. The preview area under the drop-down list automatically shows you the selected style. Please note that Sheet 1 will be replaced by the actual sheet name.

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Sheet name is not the same as the filename: a workbook can contain many sheets, with different names. Sheet names are shown on the tabs at the bottom of the main Gnumeric window and can be changed by right-clicking on these tabs.

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Double clicking on the header or footer preview will quickly allow you to customize that header or footer.