May 2009
Beginner
602 pages
21h 56m
English
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Printing from LayOut
Printing LayOut documents is a straightforward affair, though the process is a little different in Windows and Mac. In Windows, choose File → Print Preview to see your pages as they will be printed. (Figure 16-25). If you're happy with the way the pages look, click the Print icon in the upper-left corner. If you don't want to preview your pages, choose File → Print. You see a standard Print dialog box where you can choose your printer and specify the number of copies to print. To adjust the quality of prints and exports from LayOut, go to File → Document Settings → Paper → Rendering, and choose from the Output Quality menu between Low, Medium, and High.
Figure 16-25. Use the Page counter at upper left to view different pages, or use the buttons on the left to view multiple pages in one window.
On a Mac, use File → Page Setup to choose your paper size. If you want to see a preview of your pages before printing, choose File → Print → Preview. A Preview window opens where you can see the pages as they'll look when they're printed. To print from the Preview window, click the printer icon. To print a LayOut document from the main window, choose File → Print.
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