See how orientation can affect the appearance of a page in the image below. Landscape means the page is oriented horizontally, while portrait means the page is oriented vertically. Writer offers two page orientation options: landscape and portrait. Normally you should use the A4 size 99% of the times. To set the paper size click the button on the Page panel of the Properties deck in sidebar. Some printers support the larger A3 size. A4 is the default paper size in Writer and the size that all printers support.

The most common paper size used around the world is A4, which is 210mm x 297mm. Paper sizes ares standardized according to the A series ISO sizes. Paper sizeĮvery document in a text editing application must have defined a paper size. Make sure that each group of cells is separated with a semicolon.To quickly edit basic page properties such as paper size, margins and orientation use the Sidebar's Page section in properties tab.įor more options choose the menu item Format > Page to open the Page formating window. For example, to select the rectangle with A3 as the top left cell and F20 as the bottom right cell, enter $A$3:$F$20 or A3:F20 (both work and are equivalent) after the initial selection. To include more than one group of cells in the selection, type in the additional ranges.Click the More button in the dialog and then select the Print range option.The name of the range cannot contain any spaces. On the Define Names dialog, type a name for the range in the text box with the blinking cursor.(The cells can be highlighted after opening the Define Names dialog as well.) Highlight the cells you want to define as a print range and select Insert > Names > Define. To define a print range, use the same procedure as labeling an area of the sheet.

Several different print ranges can be defined to meet this need. This may be useful, for example, if there are different areas of a large spreadsheet that need to be printed for different reports.

In addition to highlighting a print range for each print job, you can define a range of cells to be used repeatedly. You do not need to select the entire range of rows to be repeated simply select one cell in each row.

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