Printing and Publishing 229
The multiple page options are enabled when you are working with a page from
the Small Publications category in Page Setup. You can select the number of
times to repeat each page, and tell PagePlus to skip a certain number of regions
on the first sheet of paper. Skipping regions is useful if, for example, you've
already peeled off several labels from a label sheet, and don't want to print on
the peeled-off sections. Check the Preview window to see how the output will
look.
• If you haven't set up the publication as a Small Publication, but still
want to print multiple pages per sheet, try using the Fit Many option
(see "Scaling" above). Note that this option ignores printer margins
and doesn't change the imposition (orientation) of output pages.
Tiling
• Under "Tiling" on the Print dialog's Layout tab, check the Print tiled
pages option to print large (or enlarged) pages using multiple sheets of
paper.
• Set the % Scale factor to print at a larger size (e.g. 300%).
Each section or tile is printed on a single sheet of paper; the various tiles can
then be joined to form the complete page. Use this option for printing at larger
sizes than the maximum paper size of your printer, typically for creating banners
and posters. To simplify arrangement of the tiles and to allow for printer
margins, you can specify an overlap value.
Exporting PDF files
PDF (short for Portable Document Format) is a cross-platform WYSIWYG file
format developed by Adobe to handle documents in a device- and platform-
independent manner. The format has evolved into a worldwide standard for
document distribution which works equally well for online or professional
electronic publishing.
To export your publication as a PDF file:
1. Prepare the publication following standard print publishing guidelines,
and taking the distribution method into account.
2. (Optional) Insert hyperlinks as needed, for example to link table of
contents entries to pages in the document.
