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  <title>Printing documents</title>

    <note style="important">
      <p>Printing with <app>gedit</app> requires that you have connected and configured your printer. If you have not done this, please consult the <link href="help:gnome-help/printing">printing help for GNOME</link>.</p>
    </note>
  
  <p><app>gedit</app> allows you to print both to a file and to paper.</p>

  <section id="print-preview">
    <title>Print Preview</title>

  <p>Prior to printing your document, you can preview how the printed document will look by using <gui>Print Preview</gui>. To preview the document:</p>

  <steps>
    <item>
        <p>Press the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and select
        the Print button.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
        <p>Press <gui style="button">Preview</gui>.</p>
    </item>
  </steps>

  <p>A preview of your document will open in the same tab as the file. You can browse this preview with help of navigation buttons and tools in the toolbar at the top of the document preview tab. To close and return to the document click <gui style="button">Close Preview</gui>.</p>

  </section>

  <section id="printing-to-paper">
    <title>Printing To Paper</title>

  <p>You can print your documents to paper using a local or remote printer. To print a file:</p>

  <steps>
    <item>
        <p>Press the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and select
        the Print button.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>In the <gui style="tab">General</gui> tab, select the desired printer
      from the list of printers available.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Press <gui style="button">Print</gui>.</p>
    </item>
  </steps>

  <p>Additionally, from <gui style="tab">Page Setup</gui> tab: you can choose <gui style="group">Layout</gui> and <gui style="group">Paper</gui> options. As these settings are available throughout <app>GNOME</app> programs, please consult <link href="help:gnome-help/printing#paper">Layout and Paper options</link> help.</p>

  </section>

  <section id="printing-order-select">
    <title>Print Multiple Copies And Between Specified Ranges</title>

    <p>You can set <gui style="group">Range</gui> and <gui style="group">Copies</gui> options to help you:</p>

  </section>

  <section id="printing-to-file">
    <title>Printing To File</title>

  <p>You can also use <app>gedit</app> to print to a file. To print your
  document to a file of a different format:</p>

  <steps>
    <item>
        <p>Press the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and select
        the Print button.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>In the <gui style="tab">General</gui> tab, select <gui>Print to File</gui>
      from the list of printers available.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Select an output format:</p>
      <list>
        <item>
          <p>Portable Document Format (.pdf)</p>
        </item>
        <item>
          <p>PostScript (.ps)</p>
        </item>
        <item>
          <p>Scalable Vector Graphic (.svg)</p>
        </item>
        </list>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Press <gui style="button">Print</gui>.</p>
    </item>
  </steps>

  </section>

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