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27<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Using Print Ranges on a Spreadsheet</title>
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32<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id14648"><bookmark_value>exporting;cells</bookmark_value>
33<bookmark_value>printing; cells</bookmark_value>
34<bookmark_value>ranges;print ranges</bookmark_value>
35<bookmark_value>PDF export of print ranges</bookmark_value>
36<bookmark_value>cell ranges; printing</bookmark_value>
37<bookmark_value>cells; print ranges</bookmark_value>
38<bookmark_value>print ranges</bookmark_value>
39<bookmark_value>clearing, see also deleting/removing</bookmark_value>
40<bookmark_value>defining;print ranges</bookmark_value>
41<bookmark_value>extending print ranges</bookmark_value>
42<bookmark_value>deleting;print ranges</bookmark_value>
43</bookmark>
44<comment>mw deleted "adding;" and corrected two typos in "defining;" and "extending.."</comment>
45<comment>MW changed "clearing,"</comment>
46<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN108D7" role="heading" level="1" l10n="NEW"><variable id="printranges"><link href="text/scalc/guide/printranges.xhp">Defining Print Ranges on a Sheet</link>
47</variable></paragraph>
48<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN108F5" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">You can define which range of cells on a spreadsheet to print.</paragraph>
49<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN108FB" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG">The cells on the sheet that are not part of the defined print range are not printed or exported. Sheets without a defined print range are not printed and not exported to a PDF file, unless the document uses the Excel file format.</paragraph>
50<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1077A" role="note" l10n="CHG">For files opened in Excel format, all sheets that do not contain a defined print range are printed. The same behavior occurs when you export the Excel formatted spreadsheet to a PDF file.<comment>UFI: New, see spec "Calc Print Settings Sheet Property "Print Entire Sheet""</comment></paragraph>
51<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN108FE" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Define a Print Range</paragraph>
52<list type="ordered">
53<listitem>
54<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10905" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Select the cells that you want to print.</paragraph>
55</listitem>
56<listitem>
57<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10909" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Format - Print Ranges - Define</emph>.</paragraph>
58</listitem>
59</list>
60<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10910" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Add Cells to a Print Range</paragraph>
61<list type="ordered">
62<listitem>
63<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10917" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Select the cells that you want to add to the existing print range.</paragraph>
64</listitem>
65<listitem>
66<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1091B" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Format - Print Ranges - Add</emph>.</paragraph>
67</listitem>
68</list>
69<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10922" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Clear a Print Range</paragraph>
70<list type="unordered">
71<listitem>
72<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10929" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Format - Print Ranges - Remove</emph>.</paragraph>
73</listitem>
74</list>
75<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10953" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">Using the Page Break Preview to Edit Print Ranges</paragraph>
76<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1093E" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">In the <emph>Page Break Preview</emph>, print ranges as well as page break regions are outlined by a blue border and contain a centered page number in gray. Nonprinting areas have a gray background.</paragraph>
77<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153143" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="8">To define a new page break region, drag the border to a new location. When you define a new page break region, an automatic page break is replaced by a manual page break.</paragraph>
78<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10930" role="heading" level="3" l10n="NEW">To View and Edit Print Ranges</paragraph>
79<list type="ordered">
80<listitem>
81<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10937" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>View - Page Break Preview</emph>.</paragraph>
82<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1082A" role="tip" l10n="NEW">To change the default zoom factor of the <emph>Page Break Preview</emph>, double click the percentage value on the <emph>Status</emph> bar, and select a new zoom factor.</paragraph>
83</listitem>
84<listitem>
85<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10836" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Edit the print range.</paragraph>
86<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10944" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">To change the size of a print range, drag a border of the range to a new location.</paragraph>
87<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151075" role="note" l10n="U" oldref="12">To delete a manual page break that is contained in a print range, drag the border of the page break outside of the print range.</paragraph>
88<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10948" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">To clear a print range, drag a border of the range onto the opposite border of the range.</paragraph>
89</listitem>
90<listitem>
91<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10862" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG">To exit the <emph>Page Break Preview</emph>, choose <emph>View - Normal</emph>.</paragraph>
92</listitem>
93</list>
94<section id="relatedtopics">
95<embed href="text/scalc/guide/print_exact.xhp#print_exact"/>
96<embed href="text/scalc/guide/print_title_row.xhp#print_title_row"/>
97<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN109CF" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/scalc/01/05080300.xhp">Editing Print Ranges</link></paragraph>
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