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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
      type="guide" style="task"
      id="printing-differentsize">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="hardware#printing-docs-pics"/>
    <desc>Print a document on a different paper size or orientation.</desc>

    <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="0.1" date="2011-03-20" status="review"/>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Phil Bull</name>
      <email>philbull@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Jim Campbell</name>
      <email>jwcampbell@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
    <license>
      <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
    </license>
  </info>

<title>Change the paper size when printing</title>

<p>
If you want to change the paper size of your document (for example, print a US Letter-sized PDF on A4 paper), you can change the printing format for the document.
</p>
<steps>
 <item><p>Click <guiseq><gui>File</gui><gui>Print...</gui></guiseq></p></item>
 <item><p>Select the <gui>Page Setup</gui> tab.</p></item>
 <item><p>Under the <em>Paper</em> column, choose your <em>Paper size</em> from the dropdown list.</p></item>
 <item><p>Click <gui>Print</gui> and your document should print.</p></item>
</steps>

<p>
You can also use the <gui>Orientation</gui> menu to choose a different orientation:
</p>

<list>
<item><p><gui>Portrait</gui></p></item>
<item><p><gui>Landscape</gui></p></item>
<item><p><gui>Reverse portrait</gui></p></item>
<item><p><gui>Reverse landscape</gui></p></item>
</list>
</page>