Operation Manual

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Printing
Last updated 11/30/2015
Print thumbnails
To fit multiple pages on a single page, you can create thumbnails—small preview versions of your document.
Thumbnails are useful for verifying content and organization. Where appropriate, InDesign automatically changes the
paper orientation to provide the best fit of the page to the paper; however, you’ll need to reset the original orientation
if you deselect the Thumbnails option.
Note: When you print thumbnails, printer’s marks and any items in the bleed and/or slug areas are excluded.
1 In the Setup area of the Print dialog box, select Thumbnails.
2 In the menu, choose the number of thumbnails per page.
Printing oversized documents
Although you can create InDesign documents as large as 18-by-18 feet, most desktop printers cannot print such large
pages.
To print an oversized document on your desktop printer, you can print each page of your document in pieces, called
tiles, and then trim and assemble those pieces. If you prefer, you can scale the document to fit the available paper size.
Tile a document
A document’s dimensions do not necessarily match the paper sizes used by printers. As a result, when you print,
InDesign divides the oversized document into one or more rectangles, or tiles, that correspond to the page size available
on the printer. You can then assemble the overlapping sections.
You can have InDesign tile a document automatically, or you can specify the tiles yourself. Tiling manually lets you
control the origin point for the upper-left corner of the tile, so that you determine where the page falls on the paper.
Tile a document automatically
1 Choose File > Print.
2 In the Setup area of the Print dialog box, select Tile.
3 Choose one of the following options in the Tile menu:
Auto Automatically calculates the number of tiles required, including the overlap.
Auto Justified Increases the amount of overlap (if necessary) so that the right sides of the rightmost tiles are aligned
at the right edge of the document’s page, and the bottom sides of the bottommost tiles are aligned at the bottom edge
of the document’s page.