Changing Layout Options

Use the page layout options to set margins and alignment, rotate images, and print multiple images with different orientations on one page.

To adjust the page margins:

  1. Click on the Margins button to open the Print Margins dialog.

  2. Choose either Inches or Centimeters (cm)    from the Units drop-down list.

  3. Enter the unit in numbers for the Left, Right, Top and Bottom margins.

    Note:
    To use these settings as the default margin settings, mark the Save as default check box.

  4. Click on the OK button to close the Print Margins dialog and acti­vate your settings.

To set page alignment:

  1. Click Alignment button to open the Print Alignment dialog. The alignment settings are used to adjust the centering of the images generated by your printer.

  2. If your images print too far to the left, increase the Horizontal Alignment setting.

  3. If your images print too high on the page, increase the Vertical Alignment setting.

  1. Click OK to close the Print Alignment dialog and activate your settings.

  2. Make a test print to determine the affect of the settings. Any set­tings you make to the Margins and Alignment settings remain active until you deliberately change them.

To adjust the layout options:

In the Layout Options group box, mark the check box for the layout settings.

Rotate Image for Best Fit Chooses the best orientation of the image for its spot in the layout. For example, if the location in the layout is vertical (portrait) but the image is horizontal (landscape), the image will automatically be rotated 90º degrees to best fit the spot in the layout. This setting becomes a default for how the images are placed in the layout; you can still override this setting, and rotate any (or all) of the images that are placed in the layout.

Mix Portrait & Landscape Automatically mixes portrait (vertical) and landscape (horizontal) image orientations on the page — if those orientations will better fill the paper used for printing. For example, with this setting, you might be able to fit three 4x6 images on a single sheet if one of them were rotated. This option only applies to the Standard Size and Combinations layouts. It is automatically disabled for Basic Layouts and Specialty Paper (e.g., Epson and Kodak papers).

Default to Fit to Frame Automatically fits placed images into the frame space in the layout — rather than filling the frame. When an image is placed so that it fills the frame space, some of the image is cropped (not shown). This option reduces the image size so that it fits in the frame.

 

Related Topics

Printing Albums 

Printing Images Using Templates

Making Print Adjustments