Basic Printing

Follow these steps if you want to specify particular options, or use the Print File Directly icon on the program toolbar, which uses the options and printer last selected. See also Quick Printing on page 75.

1. Choose File > Print.

2. Select a printer, or select the Print to file option and enter a file name. To print to a PostScript file, enter a name with a . ps extension.

3. Click Options and select the appropriate print options (see Figure 12-1), then click OK.

   Figure 12-1. Selecting printing options

   

4. Select what to print: All (the entire document), Pages (a range of pages), or Selection (the currently selected text or objects). Use dashes to form ranges, and use commas or semicolons to separate pages or ranges (1, 3, 4, 6-10).

   Note

   The program often defaults to Selection, rather than All, as the range of pages to print. Check this each time you print.

5. Enter the number of copies and, if it's two or more, choose whether to collate .

6. Click Print.