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The physical size of a page of paper is specified by name, using the popup menu shown circled. Orientation of the printing on the page is selected with the orientation menu. Expansion or compression of the size of the printed drawing are controlled with the Scaling parameter value.

The scaling specified on this panel combines with Scale of the drawing to determine the final print dimensions of the graphics and text of the drawing. These interactions can be difficult to follow. The preview box provides a useful visualization these interactions.

The Name popup menu is used to select a paper size by name. The selections provided are physically linked to an actual printer by the operating system. You first select a printer and then the paper. Your selection with this popup menu will determine the actual page size available for margin and content of the drawing.

The orientation of the printing on the paper is specified by the Orientation popup menu (shown circled). The choice determines which dimensions of the page are used for length and width of the page. These effects are shown both in the preview box and reflected in the actual page size dimensions.

The Scaling text box and slider control is used to specify a final output scaling that will apply to all aspects of the drawing. A scaling of 100% is 1:1. A scaling of 50% will shrink the printed output by a factor of 2, which will cause the size of an individual page (shown in the Page Size text boxes) to double.

If the scaling specified on this panel is 100%, then graphics drawn to scale will correlate directly to the sizes shown on the rulers and in the Graphic Details Inspector. If this scaling is something other than 100% then the direct size link to printed graphics is broken, they are drawn correspondingly larger or smaller.

It should be noted that normal office and personal printers are usually not precise in the actual physical size of the printed output. If a precise calibrated output size is important, the printer should be checked with test output at an early stage in the development of a drawing.