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3.6. Printing the crossword

 
pycrossword lets you print the current crossword to any available physical or virtual printer.
To print the current crossword, go to the File > Print menu, or press the   button on the Toolbar, or press Ctrl + P. After that, the standard system print dialog will appear to let you choose the printing device and configure other basic settings like the number of copies and so on. If you press the Print button on this dialog, the crossword will not be printed immediately (as you could have expected), but instead the Print Preview dialog will show up to let you configure other settings:
 
3.6. Printing the crossword
Fig. 3.6.1. The print preview dialog
1

Paper size

1. Paper size
Lets you choose the output paper size from the standard sizes available for the selected printer. The default size is A4.
2

Page view mode

2. Page view mode
Lets you set the view mode for the Preview Panel among:
  • Single: view one page at a time
  • Two: view two pages at a time
  • All: view all pages in one preview panel
3

Page layout

3. Page layout
Select the page layout:
  • Portrait: pages will be printed in the portrait mode (layout along page height)
  • Landscape: pages will be printed in the landscape mode (layout along page width)
  • Auto: the layout will be automatically calculated from the crossword grid dimensions (if the number of columns > number of rows, the Landscape mode will be used; otherwise, the Portrait mode will be used)
4

Zoom to width

4. Zoom to width
Scale the preview to fit in the window width.
5

Fit in window

5. Fit in window
Scale the preview to fit in the window width and height.
6

Zoom scale

6. Zoom scale
Scale the preview manually.
7

Color / greyscale printing

7. Color / greyscale printing
Print out the crossword in either color or greyscale image.
8

Page margins (left, right, top, bottom)

8. Page margins (left, right, top, bottom)
Lets you set the page margins (in millimeters). The margins are from left to right:
  • Left
  • Right
  • Top
  • Bottom
 
9

Additional print settings

9. Additional print settings
10

Preview panel

10. Preview panel
This is the preview panel that shows how the crossword will appear when printed.
The layout blocks of the printed crossword are discussed further in Crossword layout blocks.
 
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