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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Selecting the Maximum Printable Area on a Page</title>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149180"><bookmark_value>page formats; maximizing</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>formats; maximizing page formats</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>printers; maximum page formats</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156426" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="36">Not all printers can print a paper up to its edges. Most of them leave an unprinted margin.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149182" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="37">$[officename] offers a semi-automatic feature that enables you to print as close to the paper's edge as is possible.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3159233" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="38">Make sure that your printer has been setup under <emph>File - Printer Settings</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3156114" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="39">Make sure that the <emph>Web</emph> in the <emph>View</emph> menu is not selected.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3147653" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="40">Select the <emph>Format - Page</emph> command, and go to the <emph>Page</emph> tab.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3147335" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="41">Under <emph>Margins</emph> you can define the maximum or minimum possible value for the page margins (left, right, top, and bottom). Click into the respective control, then press the Page Up or Page Down key. The preview displays a dashed line around the printable range.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145120" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="42">Click <emph>OK</emph> to close the dialog.</paragraph>
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