Prints the current document, selection, or the pages that you specify. You can also set the print options for the current document. The printing options can vary according to the printer and the operating system that you use.
The Print dialog consists of three main parts: A preview with navigation buttons, several tab pages with control elements specific to the current document type, and the Print, Cancel and Help buttons.
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Printing text documents:
Printing spreadsheets:
Printing presentations:
General printing:
The settings that you define in the Print dialog are valid only for the current print job that you start by clicking the Print button. If you want to change some options permanently, open Tools - Options - LibreOffice (application name) - Print.
To set the default LibreOffice printer options for text documents, choose Tools - Options - LibreOffice Writer - Print.
To set the default LibreOffice printer options for spreadsheet documents, choose Tools - Options - LibreOffice Calc - Print.
To set the default LibreOffice printer options for presentation documents, choose Tools - Options - LibreOffice Impress - Print.
Press Shift+F1 or choose and point to any control element in the Print dialog to see an extended help text.
Preview
The preview shows how each sheet of paper will look. You can browse through all sheets of paper with the buttons below the preview.
General
On the General tab page, you find the most important control elements for printing. You can define which contents of your document are to be printed. You can select the printer and open the Printer Settings dialog.
LibreOffice Writer / Calc / Impress / Draw / Math
The tab page with the same name as the current application can be used to define the contents, color, size, and pages to be printed. You define settings that are specific to the current document type.
Page Layout
The Page Layout tab page can be used to save some sheets of paper by printing several pages onto each sheet of paper. You define the arrangement and size of output pages on the physical paper.
Change the arrangement of pages to be printed on every sheet of paper. The preview shows how every final sheet of paper will look.
For some document types, you can choose to print a brochure.
Options
On the Options tab page you can set some additional options for the current print job. For example, here you can specify to print to a file instead of printing on a printer.
Unix hints
You can also use the Printer Settings to specify additional printer options.