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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
      xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
      type="guide" style="task"
      id="print-differentsize">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="printing"/>
    <revision pkgversion="1.25" version="0.1" date="2021-03-13" status="final"/>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Phil Bull</name>
      <email its:translate="no">philbull@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
      <email its:translate="no">kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
      <years>2015</years>
    </credit>

    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>

    <desc>Printing a document on paper of a different size or
    orientation.</desc>
  </info>

  <title>Changing 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>Go to  <guiseq><gui style="menuitem">File</gui><gui style="menuitem">Print</gui></guiseq> and press the <gui style="button">Print</gui> button.</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 drop-down list.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Click <gui>Print</gui> and your document should print.</p>
    </item>
  </steps>

  <p>You can also use the <em>Orientation</em> 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>