C&P updates 6

Author: GSStnb

guides/completion.rst

@@ -40,9 +40,8 @@ Completing a drawing and making it ready for printing includes a few steps:
 Print Preview Window
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-LibreCAD’s **Print Preview** displays the drawing on a virtual piece of paper and allows adjustments to the layout prior to committing the drawing to paper. To switch to the print preview window, click the **Print Preview** icon |icon02| or select **File -> Print Preview**:
+LibreCAD’s **Print Preview** displays the drawing on a virtual page and allows adjustments to the layout prior to committing the drawing to paper.  To switch to the print preview window, click the **Print Preview** icon |icon02| or select **File -> Print Preview**:
 
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 .. figure:: /images/doohickeyPrintPreview.png
     :align: center
     :scale: 50
@@ -88,30 +87,40 @@ Starting with the drawing open in the drawing window:
 Tiled Printing
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-*Tiled printing* provides the ability to print a scaled drawing that is larger than a printer's available paper format.  Tiled printing is useful where a drawing needs to be printed at a scale that would otherwise require a large format printer.  The drawing is printed across several pages and assembled into a full-sized document.
+*Tiled printing* provides the ability to print a scaled drawing that is larger than a printer's available paper format.  Tiled printing is useful where a drawing needs to be printed at a scale that would otherwise require a large format printer.  The drawing is printed across several pages that can be assembled into a large single document.
 
-Tile printing uses paper "Format" and "Orientation", and lays out the pages in a grid defined by "Number of pages".  The result would be a printed drawing the size of the assemble pages.  For example, an portrait A4 page with 2 pages horizontally and 1 vertically would result in a *page* of 420 x 297 mm, or a landscape A4 in a 2 x 2 pattern would be a *page* of 594 x 420 mm.  Note that both examples use a margin of 0.  If margins are defined, the assembled document is reduced by the margin widths on the edge of the paper where they are assembled.  See **Paper** in :ref:`Drawing Preferences <draw-prefs>` of the **Reference** section for details on configuring the page format paper.
+Tile printing uses "Format", "Orientation", and "Number of pages" found on the "Paper" tab of the :ref:`Drawing Preferences <draw-prefs>`.  It lays out the paper horizontally and vertically in a grid pattern to form a large format *page*.  For example, a portrait A4 page with 2 pages horizontally and 1 vertically would result in a *page* of 420 x 297 mm, or a landscape A4 in a 2 x 2 pattern would be a *page* of 594 x 420 mm.  Note that both examples use a margin of 0.  If margins are defined, the assembled document is reduced by the margin widths on the edge of the paper where they are assembled.
 
 To print a tiled document, starting with the drawing open in the drawing window:
 
 #. Switch to print preview window by clicking the **Print Preview** icon |icon02|.  
 #. Click the **Fit to Page** icon |icon13| on the toolbar.  This will ensure the drawing displayed correctly in the print preview.  Note that "fixed" needs to be *unchecked*.
 #. Open the **Drawing Preferences** (**Options -> Current Drawing Preferences**) and check the paper layout ("Format", "Orientation" and "Margins") for the current drawing: e.g. A4, Landscape, Top, Bottom Left and Right Margins each at 10.  Adjust the layout if necessary and click **OK**.
-#. Click the **Fit to Page** icon |icon13| on the toolbar.  This will ensure the drawing is scaled to fit the current paper format and centered on the page.  Note the scale in the text-box of the print preview toolbar.
+#. Click the **Fit to Page** icon |icon13| on the toolbar.  This will ensure the drawing is scaled to fit the current paper format and centered on the page.
 #. Adjust the scale as desired.  Change the print scale by:
 
     - Selecting a predefined scale ratio from the drop-down, or type the required scale ratio in the text-box and press [Enter].
     - Lock the print scale by placing a checkmark in the "fixed" checkbox.
 
-#. Click the **Calculate number of pages...** icon |icon14| from the toolbar.  The print preview will be shown the multiple pages placed side by side and the drawing in the center of it.  Note: *Number of pages* may be changed through **Options -> Current Drawing Preferences** on *Paper* tab.
+#. Click the **Calculate number of pages...** icon |icon14| from the toolbar.  The print preview will be shown the multiple pages placed side by side and the drawing in the center of it.  Note that the *Number of pages* may be on the "Paper" tab of the :ref:`Drawing Preferences <draw-prefs>`
 
-#. Adjust the position of the drawing image on the paper by:
+#. Adjust the position of the drawing image on the page by:
 
     - Clicking the **Center to Page** icon |icon12|, or 
     - repositioning the paper by dragging it as needed (the drawing stays centered on the screen).  Click and hold anywhere in the drawing space and drag the paper to the desired position.  Pressing [Shift] allows only *horizontal* movements of paper and pressing [Ctrl] allows only *vertical* movements.
 
+#. Close the print preview window by clicking the **Print Preview** icon |icon02|.
+#. If necessary, adjust the dimensions "General Scale" and dimension line placement.  Refer to :ref:`Dimensioning <dimensioning>` for details.
+#. Switch to the print preview window and check the completed drawing.  If necessary, click "Zoom All" and then "Fit to Page" to align the drawing to the page.
+#. Click the **Print** icon |icon01| or select **File -> Print**.
+#. Select the printer on the *Print* dialogue and confirm the properties by clicking the **Properties** icon.  Adjust the properties if necessary and then click the **Print** button.
+
 In case when a page has the margins (margins > 0) the print preview takes on a special look.  Namely the margins between a neighboring pages aren't shown.  It makes possible to represent the printable areas of all pages as one whole area and to show an undivided drawing.  Or in other words, the print preview looks like the assembled drawing.
 
+.. admonition:: Tip - Setting the Margins
+
+    Set the margins to the printer's minimum margins when using tiled printing to maximize the assemble print size.  The drawing margins can be defined by using a border if required.
+
 Next example shows the print preview (left) and the output of tiled printing with the margins (right):
 
 .. figure:: /images/tiledPrint.png
@@ -146,7 +155,7 @@ Starting with the drawing open in the drawing window:
     - Selecting a predefined scale ratio from the drop-down, or type the required scale ratio in the text-box and press [Enter].
     - Lock the print scale by placing a checkmark in the "fixed" checkbox.
 
-#. Adjust the position of the drawing image on the paper by:
+#. Adjust the position of the drawing image on the page by:
 
     - Clicking the **Center to Page** icon |icon12|, or 
     - repositioning the paper by dragging it as needed (the drawing stays centered on the screen).  Click and hold anywhere in the drawing space and drag the paper to the desired position.  Pressing [Shift] allows only *horizontal* movements of paper and pressing [Ctrl] allows only *vertical* movements.