Operation Manual

The Print dialog has four pages, from which you can choose a range of options, as described in the
following sections.
Note
The options selected on the Print dialog apply to this printing of this document only.
To specify default printing settings for LibreOffice, go to Tools > Options >
LibreOffice – Print and Tools > Options > LibreOffice Writer – Print. See
Chapter 2, Setting Up LibreOffice, for more details.
The different components of LibreOffice have different available print settings, as summarized in
Table 5.
Table 5: Print options in LibreOffice components
Feature Writer Calc Impress Draw
Select pages/sheets/slides to print Yes Yes Yes Yes
Print multiple pages/sheets/slides on one
page
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Print a brochure Yes No Yes Yes
Print envelopes Yes No No No
Print labels or business cards Yes No No No
Preview pages/sheets before printing Yes Yes No No
Selecting general printing options
On the General tab of the Print dialog, you can choose:
• The printer (from the printers available)
• Which pages to print, the number of copies to print, and whether to collate multiple copies
(Range and copies section)
• Whether to print any comments that are in the document, and where to print the
comments.
Some selections may not be available all the time. For example, if the document contains no
comments, the Print – Comments drop-down list does not work.
Figure 282: Choosing whether and where to print comments
Select the Properties button to display the selected printer's properties dialog where you can
choose portrait or landscape orientation, which paper tray to use, and the paper size to print on.
On the Options tab of the Print dialog (Figure 283), the last item, Use only paper tray from printer
preference, is not available in Calc.
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