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Printing

Guide to printing

When a printer is connected to your computer you can print out documents and photos.

There are many different makes and models of printers, but they have some common print options:

Paper size

Most home printers use A4 paper which is the size of a letter. Some larger printers can print bigger sizes like A3, which is double the size of A4.

showing A3 is twice the size of A4

Page layout

This can also be called the page orientation. You can change the page layout to print as portrait (tall) or landscape (wide).

showing diffent page orientation of portrait and landscape

Number of copies

You can select the number of copies of a document you want to print.

Using print preview

Before you print a document it's a good idea to have a look at print preview. Print preview shows you exactly what it will print. You should find print preview in the file menu for a program. You can use print preview to check you have the correct page layout and you are only printing out the pages that you need.

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