beautypg.com

Previewing a document before printing it – Apple Pages '08 User Manual

Page 226

background image

226

Chapter 12

Printing and Exporting Your Document to Other Formats

4

In Mac OS X version 10.4, choose Manage Custom Sizes from the Paper Size pop-up
menu.

Click the Add (+) button, and then enter values in the Page Size fields.

Either choose your printer’s default margins from the pop-up menu, or enter your own
values for margins in the Left, Right, Top, and Bottom fields.

If you want to change the custom size’s name, double-click the name in the list and
enter a new name.

Click OK.

Choose the new paper size you named from the Paper Size pop-up menu, and then
click OK.

5

Select an orientation option using one of the buttons at the bottom of the Page Setup
dialog.

Previewing a Document Before Printing It

To make sure everything is laid out the way you expect, it’s a good idea to preview a
document onscreen before you print it.

To preview a document for printing:

1

Choose File > Print, and then click the Preview button in the Print dialog.

Choose a printer to set
its default page margins.

Delete a selected
paper size.

Duplicate a selected
paper size.

Create a new

custom paper size.

Landscape orientation with
the top of the page on the
left side of the paper

Landscape orientation with
the top of the page on the
right side of the paper

Portrait orientation

(default for most

templates)